mongod Command Examples

The MongoDB database server. More information: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/program/mongod.

• Specify the storage directory (default: /data/db on Linux and macOS, C:\data\db on Windows):

mongod --dbpath {{path/to/directory}}

• Specify a configuration file:

mongod --config {{path/to/file}}

• Specify the port to listen on (default: 27017):

mongod --port {{port}}

• Specify the database profiling level. 0 is off, 1 is only slow operations, 2 is all (default: 0):

mongod --profile {{0|1|2}}