how to set mongod --dbpath

Question

very new to mongodb and databases in general. whenever i run mongo i receive this error message: ​​​

MongoDB shell version: 2.         


        

Answer 1

mongod  --port portnumber --dbpath /path_to_your_folder

By default portnumber is 27017 and path is /var/lib/mongodb

You can set your own port number and path where you want to keep all your database.