How to set mongo db path permanently

Question

Is there a way to over-rite the mongodb default db path. Even after editing the storage path in mongod.conf to the custom directory path. Still it looks for /data/db, and not the custom path.

Since every time mongod path needs to be specified for the custom path.

mongod --dbpath /Users/customData

Is there a permanent way to deal this.

Did you use `--config` to specify the path to `mongod.conf`? — kit, Sep 09 '18 at 15:22

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 09 '18 at 15:38

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You can try to run it as a service, so that you don't need to run this command everytime you want to use it, and it runs it in the path you set it to

Here's how: the link

from official mongodb website: the link

answered Sep 09 '18 at 15:38

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 09 '18 at 18:41

According to documentation of MongoDB

To run a mongod process as a daemon (i.e. fork), and write its output to a log file, use the --fork and --logpath options. You must create the log directory; however, mongod will create the log file if it does not exist.

The following command starts mongod as a daemon and records log output to /var/log/mongodb.log.

mongod --fork --logpath /var/log/mongodb.log

How to set mongo db path permanently

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