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Asked: June 4, 20262026-06-04T22:14:51+00:00 2026-06-04T22:14:51+00:00

I am using Mac OS X Lion and i just did a fresh install

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I am using Mac OS X Lion and i just did a fresh install of MongoDB using macports and when i try to run mongodb for the first time i get the following error

MongoDB shell version: 2.0.5
connecting to: test
Fri Jun  1 11:20:33 Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1 shell/mongo.js:84
exception: connect failed

can anybody please help with this? thanks

when i run mongod i get:

hisham-agil:~ hisham$ mongod
mongod --help for help and startup options
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] MongoDB starting : pid=53452 port=27017 dbpath=/data/db/ 64-bit host=hisham-agil.local
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] db version v2.0.5, pdfile version 4.5
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] git version: nogitversion
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] build info: Darwin gamma.local 11.3.0 Darwin Kernel Version 11.3.0: Thu Jan 12 18:48:32 PST 2012; root:xnu-1699.24.23~1/RELEASE_I386 i386 BOOST_LIB_VERSION=1_49
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] options: {}
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] exception in initAndListen: 10296 dbpath (/data/db/) does not exist, terminating
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 dbexit: 
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close listening sockets...
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to flush diaglog...
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close sockets...
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] shutdown: waiting for fs preallocator...
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] shutdown: lock for final commit...
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] shutdown: final commit...
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] shutdown: closing all files...
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 [initandlisten] closeAllFiles() finished
Fri Jun  1 11:24:47 dbexit: really exiting now
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    2026-06-04T22:14:53+00:00Added an answer on June 4, 2026 at 10:14 pm

    You’re running the mongo client without starting the server first. Try running mongod first.

    You’ll have to specify where the mongo “workspace” is using the –dbpath switch, such as mongod --dbpath /mongo/db. The specified folder should exist.

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