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

Windows environment, local machine. I had an error

[js] Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017, connection attempt failed: SocketException: 
Error connecting to 127.0.0.1:27017 :: caused by :: 
No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. :

After some back and forth attempts I decided

• to check Windows "Task Manager". I noticed that MongoDB process is stopped.
• I made it run. Everything starts working as expected.