Location of the mongodb database on mac
Thanks @Mark, I keep forgetting this again and again.After installing MongoDB with Homebrew:
- The databases are stored in the /usr/local/var/mongodb/ directory
- The mongod.conf file is here: /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf
- The mongo logs can be found at /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/
- The mongo binaries are here: /usr/local/Cellar/mongodb/[version]/bin
The default data directory for MongoDB is /data/db.
This can be overridden by a dbpath option specified on the command line or in a configuration file.
If you install MongoDB via a package manager such as Homebrew or MacPorts these installs typically create a default data directory other than /data/db and set the dbpath in a configuration file.
If a dbpath was provided to mongod on startup you can check the value in the mongo shell:
db.serverCmdLineOpts()You would see a value like:
"parsed" : { "dbpath" : "/usr/local/data"},