robomongo installation

Installing Robomongo on windows (intial setup)

MongoDB is the leading NoSQL database. In this tutorial I will explain step by step how to install MongoDB and Robomongo (cross-platform MongoDB management tool).

• To download MongoDB open the official web site:http://www.mongodb.org/downloads
• Select version and download it
• Run the downloaded file
• Now you have MongoDB installed. You can open the folder (in my case this is C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard)
• Notice that there is a ‘bin’ folder here.

There are two main files inside:

• mongod.exe – this is the database server
• mongo.exe – this is the database client shell

Both are command line programs and each expects to be run in its own command line session.

• Ok, the last thing that we should do before we start the server is to create the databases path. For example you can create an empty folder on D:\ and name it “MongoDB” (D:\MongoDB). Your databases will be stored here.
• Open the command prompt (cmd): Start -> type “cmd” in the search field

• cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\binAnd click “Enter”
• mongod.exeand then "Enter"
• mongod --dbpath=D:\MongoDB (We need to specify the databases path. I created "MongoDB" folder on D:\. If you created it somewhere else, set your path after --dbpath=)then "Enter"
• Open new cmd (Start -> type cmd in the search field)
• Type: cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\bin
• Then mongo.exe and press "Enter"
• Download Robomongo: http://robomongo.org/
• Install it and run it
• Create a connection:
  
  Then select “Connect”
• Now yo