How to stop mongo DB in one command

Question

I need to be able to start/stop MongoDB on the cli. It is quite simple to start:

./mongod

But to stop mongo DB, I need to run open m

Answer 1

Windows

In PowerShell, it's: Stop-Service MongoDB

Then to start it again: Start-Service MongoDB

To verify whether it's started, run: net start | findstr MongoDB.

^{Note: Above assumes MongoDB is registered as a service.}