[DOCS-5349] Instructions for installing MongoDB as a service don't match the 3.0 default Created: 05/May/15  Updated: 11/Jan/17  Resolved: 16/Sep/16

Status: Closed
Project: Documentation
Component/s: manual
Affects Version/s: mongodb-3.0
Fix Version/s: 01112017-cleanup

Type: Improvement Priority: Major - P3
Reporter: Stennie Steneker (Inactive) Assignee: Andrew Aldridge
Resolution: Duplicate Votes: 0
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 Description   

The instructions for creating a Windows service ( http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-windows/#manually-create-a-windows-service-for-mongodb) imply that the MSI installs into c:\mongodb\:

The following procedure assumes you have installed MongoDB using the .msi installer with the path C:\mongodb\.

You can install into this path with a Custom install, but the default path for a Complete install is: "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.0\". It seems the assumption is that the user will have followed/read all of the above steps on this page rather than skipping directly to the section to find out how to create a Windows service.

I think it would be clearer to use the default path in the service examples, or have a more explicit note reminding of the custom path that has been used based on the msiexec command line examples earlier on this page.



 Comments   
Comment by Andrew Aldridge [ 16/Sep/16 ]

Technically the other ticket is a duplicate of this ticket, but I've already done the work in the context of the other.

Oops.

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