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Asked: 2026-06-11T19:02:25+00:00

I have installed mongodb in my Ubuntu 10.04. I know that when it comes

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I have installed mongodb in my Ubuntu 10.04.

I know that when it comes to start the mongodb server with the command “mongod“,then it expects /data/db folder and it can be easily resolved by creating “/data/db/”. One more way is to provide your own path using mongod –dbpath “path”,when we intend to give our own custom path for db.

But while going through http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/ link i found that there is a configuration file.

I made the following changes to it.

# mongodb.conf

dbpath=/EBS/Work/mongodb/data/db/


logpath=/EBS/Work/mongodb/mongodb.log

logappend=true

But still when I try to start the server with “mongod” it throws the same error
i.e error :dbpath (/data/db/) does not exist .
I wanted to know that how can I permanently redirect my dbpath to my own custom folder cause everytime you don’t want to type the path using “mongod –dbpath path”.Rather we look to make some changes in configuration file.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Assuming you have followed the instructions to install a packaged version of MongoDB, you should be starting and stopping mongod using service.

    To start mongod:

     sudo service mongodb start

    To stop mongod:

     sudo service mongodb stop

    If you use the service command to start and stop, it should be using the configuration file: /etc/mongodb.conf.

    Starting mongod from the command line

    If you run mongod directly instead of using the service definition, you will also have to specify a configuration file as a command line parameter if you want one to be used:

    mongod --config /etc/mongodb.conf
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