When I start the MongoDB server (mongod) from terminal it keeps that tab open. How do I go about running it as a service?
I’m on OSX Lion.
I like how the rails server script has a -d option to detach it from terminal.
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When I start the MongoDB server (mongod) from terminal it keeps that tab open. How do I go about running it as a service?
I’m on OSX Lion.
I like how the rails server script has a -d option to detach it from terminal.
This is built into
mongod, much like it is in the rails server. Instead of-dyou’ll need to use--forkand you’ll probably want to specify--logpath /path-to/logfile --logappendas well, so that your output will be logged and will keep any previous logs.See the docs on starting and stopping Mongo for more information.