Configuring MongoDB on Windows

Question

I am trying to set up MongoDB on Windows, and the online docs seem far from accurate.

Under \"Configure a Windows Service\" part, step 1 mentions to create a config file

Answer 1

Here is my simple test MongoDB Config file for Windows. Note that I had to have 2 spaces before each property, e.g., path. When I had 3 spaces I got an error at startup.

I start the server with: mongod --config c:\tools\mongodb\db\mongod.cfg

systemLog:
  destination: file
  path: "C:\\tools\\mongodb\\db\\log\\mongo.log"
  logAppend: true
storage:
  dbPath: "C:\\tools\\mongodb\\db\\data"
security:
  authorization: enabled