How to install mongoDB on windows?

Question

I am trying to test out mongoDB and see if it is anything for me. I downloaded the 32bit windows version, but have no idea on how to continue from now on.

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Answer 1

I realize you've already accepted an answer for this, but I wrote this short howto article to install mongodb into the c:\wamp directory and run it as a service. Here is the gist of it.

Create these directories

mkdir c:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\data
mkdir c:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\data\db
mkdir c:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\logs
mkdir c:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\conf

Download and extract win32 binaries into c:\wamp directory along side mysql, apache.

mongodb download page

Create a mongo.conf file

c:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32…2.x.x\conf\mongodb.conf

# mongodb.conf

# data lives here
dbpath=C:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\data\db

# where to log
logpath=C:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\logs\mongodb.log
logappend=true

# only run on localhost for development
bind_ip = 127.0.0.1                                                             

port = 27017
rest = true

Install as a service

mongod.exe --install --config c:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\conf\mongodb.conf --logpath c:\wamp\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32...2.x.x\logs\mongodb.log

Set service to automatic and start it using services.msc

Add path to mongo.exe to your path

Need more details? Read the full article here...

Installing MongoDB on Windows the WAMP way