mongod shell doesn't start, data/db doesn't exsist

Question

When I start mongod trowed error. What is the problem?

root@cs12867:~# mongod
mongod --help for help and startup options
Sun Dec 22 15:37:44.081 [initandlist         


        

Answer 1

As I see from the problem that creating the data/db directory will fix your problem.

Create that and then add like this if you have directory path in c drive.

mongod --dbpath "c://data/db"

After setting the dbpath you should start the mongodb as service.

sudo service mongodb start