install mongoDB (child process failed, exited with error number 100)

Question

I tried to install mongoDB on my macbook air.

I\'ve downloaded zipped file from official website and extract that file and move to root directory. After that, under

Answer 1

Generally, this error comes when the mongod.conf file is not able to find a certain path for Database store or log store or maybe processid store or maybe it's not getting the file permission to access the config directories and files which has been declared in mongod.conf

to resolve this error we need to observe the log generated by the MongoDB it will clearly indicate whether which file or directory you MongoDB is not able to access

the above error may look like below screenshot