Install MongoDB as a Service on Windows

If you are updating from a version earlier than 23.242 to FileCloud 23.242 or later

If you are replacing the supplied mongodb.conf with a custom one, it is important that you remove the journal=true setting which is no longer supported.

To delete the journal=true setting

Open C:\xampp/mongodb/mongodb.conf.
Delete the lines that are highlighted in the image below and save the file.

By default MongoDB in Windows runs as a process. If the user running the application logs out, the database process will exit. To prevent this, you can run the MongoDB database as a service.

To run MongoDB as a service in FileCloud

1. Install FileCloud

Before making MongoDB a service, install FileCloud using the Windows installer. By default FileCloud is installed under C:\xampp. If you have manually installed FileCloud or installed FileCloud on a different path, update the paths accordingly in the next steps.

2. Set MongoDB to run as a Windows Service

Alternate Method

1. Create the MongoDB config File

Under C:\xampp\mongodb\bin, update mongodb.conf, and use absolute paths for the locations of logpath and dbpath.

It is important when running mongodb as a service that dbpath and logpath are provided as full paths instead of relative paths. That is, include the root c:\xampp\mongodb\bin\data

Mongodb configuration file

# mongodb.conf

# Where to store the data.
dbpath=C:\xampp\mongodb\bin\data

#where to log
logpath=C:\xampp\mongodb\bin\log\mongodb.log

#append log
logappend=true

#ip address
bind_ip = 127.0.0.1
port = 27017

# Don't show mongodb http interface
nohttpinterface=true

# Enable mongodb rest interface
rest=false
 
#quiet mode
quiet=true

Here update values of logpath and dbpath if necessary.

2. Create the MongoDB service

To install MongoDB as a service, open a command prompt with administrator access (this is important), and run the following command.

Creating MongoDB Service

C:\> cd C:\xampp\mongodb\bin
C:\xampp\mongodb\bin> mongod.exe --config C:\xampp\mongodb\bin\mongodb.conf --install

You can start the MongoDB service using the FileCloud Control Panel.
Now the service will start automatically on machine reboots.

To remove the MongoDB service

Removing MongoDB Service

C:\xampp\mongodb\bin>mongod.exe --remove