How to start a mongodb service on mac OS X?

Question

I have already installed Mongodb on my mac but the process is currently not running. How do I start the Mongodb service so that I can start using the commands?

Answer 1

As now is 2021 year, so start mongodb on Mac:

Use brew

• brew services start mongodb-community
  • for installed by: brew install mongodb-community

similarly:

for specify version

• brew services start mongodb-community@4.2
  • for installed by: brew services install mongodb-community@4.2

only running not want bootable

the start means start and enable start at launch/boot

for only run currently, use run:

• brew services run mongodb-community

check status

after start, check status use:

• brew services

Manually

for old version mongodb, the command is mongod:

• Directly run: mongodb
• Run with config: mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
  • the default config file path is: /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
• Run with only pass some parameter:
  • with database path: mongod --dbpath /data
    • /data is common mongodb database path