What is the correct way to start a mongod service on linux / OS X?

Question

I\'ve installed mongodb and have been able to run it, work with it, do simple DB read / write type stuff. Now I\'m trying to set up my Mac to run mongod as a service.

Answer 1

Homebrew's services tap integrates formulas with the launchctl manager. Adding it is easy:

brew tap homebrew/services

You can then launch MongoDB with this command (this will also start mongodb on boot):

brew services start mongodb

You can also use stop or restart:

brew services stop mongodb
brew services restart mongodb