mongod 

Specify the path of the mongod If your PATH does not include the location of the mongod binary, enter the full path to the mongod binary at the system prompt: 

<path to binary>/mongod 

Specify the path of the data directory If you do not use the default data directory (i.e., /data/db ), specify the path to the data directory using the --dbpath option: 

mongod --dbpath <path to data directory> 

## Step 4: Begin using MongoDB. 

To help you start using MongoDB, MongoDB provides Getting Started Guides in various driver editions. See getting- started for the available editions. 

Before deploying MongoDB in a production environment, consider the Production Notes (page 197) document. 

Later, to stop MongoDB, press Control+C in the terminal where the mongod instance is running. 

## 2.3.3 Install MongoDB on Windows 

## Overview 

Use this tutorial to install MongoDB on Windows systems. 

## Platform Support 

Starting in version 2.2, MongoDB does not support Windows XP. Please use a more recent version of Windows to use more recent releases of MongoDB. 

Important: If you are running any edition of Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7, please install a hotfix to resolve an issue with memory mapped files on Windows$^{9}$. 

## Requirements 

On Windows MongoDB requires Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, or later. The .msi installer includes all other software dependencies and will automatically upgrade any older version of MongoDB installed using an .msi file. 

## Get MongoDB 

## Step 1: Determine which MongoDB build you need. 

There are three builds of MongoDB for Windows: 

