To install the MongoDB on windows, first download the MongoDB windows version from http://www.mongodb.org/downloads
Note: the 32-bit versions of MongoDB only support databases smaller than 2GB and suitable for testing and evaluation.
Extract downloaded file to c:\ drive.
MongoDB need a data folder to store its files.
The default location is c:\data\db.
Create this folder first.
Run the following command to start the MongoDB server.
D:\mongodb\bin>mongod.exe
The following code shows how to set the dbpath to different location when starting the MongoDB server.
D:\set up\mongodb\bin>mongod.exe --dbpath "d:\set up\mongodb\data"
To run the mongodb client, open another command prompt and issue the following command
D:\mongodb\bin>mongo.exe
connecting to: test
>db.test.save( { a: 1 } )
>db.test.find()
{ "_id" : ObjectId(123311235a56a123), "a" : 1 }
>
The following code shows how to use config file with MongoDB.
Create a MongoDB config file, it's just a text file, for example : d:\mongodb\mongo.config
##store data here
dbpath=D:\mongodb\data
?
##all output go here
logpath=D:\mongodb\log\mongo.log
?
##log read and write operations
diaglog=3
Use mongod.exe --config d:\mongodb\mongo.config to start MongoDB server.
d:\mongodb\bin>mongod --config D:\mongodb\mongo.config
To add MongoDB as Windows Service, use the following command.
d:\mongodb\bin> mongod --config D:\mongodb\mongo.config --install
To start MongoDB Service
net start MongoDB
To stop MongoDB Service
net stop MongoDB
To remove MongoDB Service
d:\mongodb\bin>mongod --remove