[DOCS-4771] Windows config file format Created: 04/Feb/15 Updated: 30/Oct/23 Resolved: 09/Jul/15 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Documentation |
| Component/s: | manual |
| Affects Version/s: | mongodb-2.6 |
| Fix Version/s: | Server_Docs_20231030 |
| Type: | Bug | Priority: | Major - P3 |
| Reporter: | Jake Angerman | Assignee: | Andrew Aldridge |
| Resolution: | Done | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
| Time Spent: | Not Specified | ||
| Original Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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| Days since reply: | 8 years, 31 weeks, 6 days ago | ||||
| Description |
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Our Windows installation documentation says to create a skeletal configuration file in the legacy config file format by creating it like this:
This format does not work (at least with Windows Server 2012R2 and PowerShell), and it will cause an error similar to this:
This issue comes up over and over. The solution is to change the Windows installation instructions to create a config file in YAML format. |
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| Comment by Andrew Aldridge [ 09/Jul/15 ] |
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Thanks jake.angerman! |
| Comment by Andrew Aldridge [ 09/Jul/15 ] |
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Addressed as part of WRITING-1363 |