[DOCS-3343] "Run MongoDB" subsection in section "Install MongoDB on Windows" is confusing Created: 05/May/14  Updated: 11/Jan/17  Resolved: 27/Jul/16

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual
Affects Version/s: mongodb-2.6
Fix Version/s: 01112017-cleanup

Type: Bug Priority: Minor - P4
Reporter: Ajay Assignee: Unassigned
Resolution: Won't Fix Votes: 0
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 Description   

I am referring to the following section of the User manual...

2.1.3 Install MongoDB on Windows -> Install MongoDB -> Run MongoDB -> Step 3: Connect to MongoDB.

This section is confusing for a newbie. Which of the following cases are we talking about...?
Case 1: About connecting to MongoDB as a client, or
Case 2: About the MongoDB daemon connecting to the data files

It is a bug in both the cases due to the following reasons...

Case 1:
If this is the case we are trying to explain then the command line examples that use "mongod" should not be given as mongod is a daemon process that connects to the data files and with "mongo" process there is no "--dbpath" command line option.

Case 2:
If this is the case we are trying to explain then the first command line example is using the process "mongo" which is for connecting to the mongod server as a client.



 Comments   
Comment by Ajay [ 05/May/14 ]

Source of documentation that I'm talking about...

https://github.com/mongodb/docs/blob/master/source/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows.txt

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