/mongo-cmd

List out basic commands to use MongoDB Community Edition 7.0

mongo-cmd

List out basic commands to use MongoDB Community Edition 7.0 with MacOS

Installation:

  1. Tap the MongoDB Homebrew Tap to download the official Homebrew formula for MongoDB and the Database Tools:
brew tap mongodb/brew
  1. To update Homebrew and all existing formulae:
brew update
  1. To install MongoDB:
brew install mongodb-community@7.0

The installation includes the following binaries:

Intel Processor Apple Silicon Processor
configuration file /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf /opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf
log directory /usr/local/var/log/mongodb /opt/homebrew/var/log/mongodb
data directory /usr/local/var/mongodb /opt/homebrew/var/mongodb

Run MongoDB Community Edition

As a MacOS service

  • To run MongoDB (i.e. the mongod process) as a macOS service, run:

    brew services start mongodb-community@7.0

  • To stop a mongod running as a macOS service:

    brew services stop mongodb-community@7.0

  • To verify that MongoDB is running

    brew services list

As a background process

  • To run mongod manually using a config file, run:

    For macOS running Intel processors:

    mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf --fork

    For macOS running on Apple Silicon processors:

    mongod --config /opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf --fork

  • To run mongod manually specifying --dbpath and --logpath on the command line, run:

    mongod --dbpath /path/to/dbdir --logpath /path/to/mongodb.log --fork

  • To stop a mongod running, connect to the mongod using mongosh, and issue the shutdown command as needed.

  • To verify that MongoDB is running:

    ps aux | grep -v grep | grep mongod

    Log file of mongod process: /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log.

Connect and Use MongoDB

To begin using MongoDB, connect mongosh to the running instance. From a new terminal, issue the following:

  • monitoring tools:
mongosh

Configuration file

  • To view:

    cat /opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf

    Output:

    systemLog:
  destination: file
  path: /opt/homebrew/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log
  logAppend: true
storage:
  dbPath: /opt/homebrew/var/mongodb
net:
  bindIp: 127.0.0.1, ::1
  ipv6: true

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