MongoDB cannot start server: The default storage engine 'wiredTiger' is not available with this build of mongod
MongodbMongodb Problem Overview
MongoDB server failing to start with the following error:
> 2015-12-13T00:49:12.191+0600 I CONTROL [initandlisten] options: {}
> 2015-12-13T00:49:12.195+0600 I STORAGE [initandlisten] exception in
>
> initAndListen: 28663 Cannot start server. The default storage engine
> 'wiredTiger' is not available with this build of mongod. Please
> specify a different storage engine explicitly, e.g.
> --storageEngine=mmapv1., terminating
> 2015-12-13T00:49:12.195+0600 I CONTROL [initandlisten] dbexit: rc: 100
Mongodb Solutions
Solution 1 - Mongodb
Well... There appears to be a version conflict: you are probably running a 32bit version of Mongo. Just do as they say and actually use the other default storage engine:
Write the command as follows in your Mongo/bin directory:
mongod --storageEngine=mmapv1 --dbpath [your-path]
Should solve the problem. I guess you don't quite mind about using the good old mmapv1 instead of wiredTiger do you?
Solution 2 - Mongodb
Look carefully error, an error message is very clear that the causes and solutions for the problems, as long as we later in the installation MonogoDB command to add a parameter --storageEngine = mmapv1, will wiredTiger engine switched mmapv1 engine, you can successfully install.
So your complete command will be as follows: >mongod --dbpath MongoDb_Location_In_Your_HDD\data --storageEngine=mmapv1
Note: MongoDb_Location_In_Your_HDD means the location where you put your MongoDb e.g.- D:\mongodb
Solution 3 - Mongodb
I also come across this issues when i installed mongodb 32 bit msi for windows server.
Reason could be:
I think for mongodb 32 bit the database engine wont take automatically we need to explicitly give them while configuring the db path
The fix is below:
Run command prompt as administrator
d:\mongodb>mongod --dbpath "data" --storageEngine "mmapv1"
After adding the above bold code the issue resolved.
Thanks Dev
Solution 4 - Mongodb
You can use mongod --storageEngine=mmapv1 --dbpath "Your Path"
For me :
> "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin\mongod.exe" > --storageEngine=mmapv1 --dbpath="C:\data\db"
Hope it works fine for you too.
Solution 5 - Mongodb
Because you are using the MongoDB on a 32bit machine, the storage engine wiredTiger is not supported on 32bit machine. There are two solutions of this problem:
- upgrade your system to 64bit
- change your storage engine to the engines that are suitable for 32bit system,like mmapv1, and run mongod again.
The result is like this:
Solution 6 - Mongodb
If you use 32 bit Windows system, then execute the following in the command prompt:-
1. Go to the bin directory of MongoDB using the command
> cd C:\ProgramFile\MongoDB\Server\3.x\bin
2. Type the following command
> mongod.exe --storageEngine=mmapv1
and click Enter. It will solve the error. Thanks!
Solution 7 - Mongodb
I created a directory in C drive -
C:\data\db
and ran the command as below, it worked for me.
C:\Users\USERNAME\mongodb-win32-i386-3.2.22\bin>mongod.exe --storageEngine=mmapv1
Solution 8 - Mongodb
I was on MongoDB v4, using a mongod binary from MongoDB v3.6 worked for me, none of the other solutions worked.