How should I specify command-line arguments for MongoDB?

Question

MongoDB has instructed me to change its command-line arguments:

REST is not enabled.  use --rest to turn on.

but this is all I know how to do:

sudo service mongodb start

Where should I apply this configuration change?

Solution 1

The various parameters that you wish to enable or disable can be set in the

/etc/mongodb.conf

config file.

All the command-line parameters can be mentioned in that file, and setting the values to true or false.

In your case, add a line as follows, preferably somewhere after the dbpath is mentioned.

rest = true

After each change to the configuration file, you need to restart the server to take effect:

sudo service mongodb restart

For more options, take a look at the documentation.

Solution 2

In order to turn on rest just type the following in your Terminal(Linux):

mongod --rest 

Thats it.

If you want to allow other clients to use your mongodb via browser just type

mongod --rest (for to activate) --ipv6 (to allow other users to access your server).

Comments

[RusGraf]

I don't understand how this helps. Can you explain how to "use --rest" in this configuration file?

[theTuxRacer]

@aendruk I have added it to the answer.

[phillips1012]

So how do I set the --config flag so it will actually use this file?