Location of the mongodb database on mac
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I am kind of new to mac as well as mongodb.
I have a weird doubt, accessing the database created using mongodb on mac?
I know, in windows there is a folder called c:\data\db, where my database files are stored.
How and where in mac, the database is stored.
I remember doing something like
sudo mkdir -p /data/db
sudo chown `id -u` /data/db
to create such a folder on mac, but I didn't find any database file in this folder, though i created a database.
Where are the database files saved on mac?
Any help would be really appreciated.
Macos Solutions
Solution 1 - Macos
If MongoDB is installed on macOS via Homebrew, the default data directory depends on the type of processor in the system.
Intel Processor | Apple M1 Processor | |
---|---|---|
Data Directory | /usr/local/var/mongodb |
/opt/homebrew/var/mongodb |
Configuration file | /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf |
/opt/homebrew/etc/mongod.conf |
Log directory | /usr/local/var/log/mongodb |
/opt/homebrew/var/log/mongodb |
Run brew --prefix
to see where Homebrew installed these files.
See the MongoDB "Install on macOS" documentation for additional details.
Solution 2 - Macos
Thanks @Mark, I keep forgetting this again and again. After installing MongoDB with Homebrew:
- The databases are stored in the /usr/local/var/mongodb/ directory
- The mongod.conf file is here: /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
- The mongo logs can be found at /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/
- The mongo binaries are here: /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/[version]/bin
Solution 3 - Macos
The default data directory for MongoDB is /data/db
.
This can be overridden by a dbpath
option specified on the command line or in a configuration file.
If you install MongoDB via a package manager such as Homebrew or MacPorts these installs typically create a default data directory other than /data/db and set the dbpath in a configuration file.
If a dbpath was provided to mongod
on startup you can check the value in the mongo
shell:
db.serverCmdLineOpts()
You would see a value like:
"parsed" : {
"dbpath" : "/usr/local/data"
},
Solution 4 - Macos
I had the same problem, with version 3.4.2
to run it (if you installed it with homebrew) run the process like this:
$ mongod --dbpath /usr/local/var/mongodb
Solution 5 - Macos
I have just installed mongodb 3.4 with homebrew.(brew install mongodb) It looks for /data/db by default.
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-os-x/
Solution 6 - Macos
Env: macOS Mojave 10.14.4
Install: homebrew
Location:/usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/4.0.3_1
Note :If update version by
brew upgrade mongo
,the folder 4.0.4_1
will be removed and replace with the new version folder