MongoDB Storage Engine
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02-10-2020 - |
Question
How can I change the storage engine of MongoDB permanently so that I don't have to run mongod without having to specify the storage engine every time? I am using shell version 3.2.7 on Windows 7 32-bit. I got an error that said:
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.
Also does anyone know how to cleanly shutdown the server when I am done working? I use Ctrl+C but it causes an error, then I have to empty the data folder to get the process to start again.
La solution
You can set that in the storage.config
setting within your YAML configuration file.
Example:
storage:
dbPath: d:\data\db
engine: mmapv1
If you're not already starting your MongoDB service using a configuration file, see here for the details on how do to that for Windows.