Question

I am developing an app that should be portable and I am using mongodb.

By portable I means that my app has a folder with all: dlls, exes, mongo files, mongo databases. Then with this folder I can run my app in any machine.

Then I need to know:

• Is there some library that allow me to run the mongod process when the app start and end
  the process when the app ends ?

• Exists a good practice to do that stuff ?

Advices are welcome and thanks in advance.

Answer 1

According to the MongoDb installation instructions it should be quite simple.

Mongodb starts as a console application waiting for connections, so when your app starts, you should run mongodb hidden. We are always assuming that ALL the mongodb files are in place with your application files and database files are in the correct directory).

When your app terminates, you should kill the process.

Yo should set the correct paths on this example:

//starting the mongod server (when app starts)
ProcessStartInfo start = new ProcessStartInfo();     
start.FileName = dir + @"\mongod.exe";
start.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;

start.Arguments = "--dbpath d:\test\mongodb\data";

Process mongod = Process.Start(start);

//stopping the mongod server (when app is closing)
mongod.Kill();

You can see more information about the mongod configuration and running here