{"id":128,"date":"2015-03-10T21:04:05","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T21:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tech.shinynewthings.com\/?p=128"},"modified":"2015-03-10T21:04:05","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T21:04:05","slug":"set-up-mongodb-as-a-daemon-service-on-a-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech.shinynewthings.com\/?p=128","title":{"rendered":"Set up Mongodb as a daemon \/ service on a Mac –"},"content":{"rendered":"

Launch MongoDB on Startup or User Login<\/h1>\n

A quick post on setting up Mongodb to start automatically on a Mac so I can do my other work. To start, I found a link to Apple’s info about Mac daemons and services.<\/p>\n

About Daemons and Services<\/a><\/p>\n

Which lead me to the section that specifically talks about Launching Custom Daemons Using launchd.<\/p>\n

Launching Custom Daemons Using launchd<\/a><\/p>\n

Which talks about system daemons.<\/p>\n

It uses the plist files in the following folders \/System\/Library\/LaunchDaemons\/ and \/Library\/LaunchDaemons\/ to register daemons. It attempts to launch the daemons in a somewhat random order, if a daemon has a dependency, its launch is deferred momentarily while other daemons are launched.<\/p>\n

MONGODB as a daemon \/ service for mac<\/h2>\n

Create a link to the MONGODB plist file<\/h2>\n

(s = symbolic, f = replace existing, n = link is seen as a normal file)<\/h3>\n

To start using the current users LaunchAgents<\/h2>\n

ln -sfv \/usr\/local\/opt\/mongodb\/*.plist ~\/Library\/LaunchAgents<\/p>\n

use launchctl to direct launchd to load mongodb .<\/h3>\n

launchctl load ~\/Library\/LaunchAgents\/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist<\/p>\n

To start as a system wide daemon use the following<\/h2>\n

ln -sfv \/usr\/local\/opt\/mongodb\/*.plist \/Library\/LaunchDaemons\/<\/p>\n

use launchctl to direct launchd to load mongodb .<\/h3>\n

launchctl load \/Library\/LaunchDaemons\/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist<\/p>\n

homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist<\/p>\n

This file tells launchd how to launch the application, where the config files and log files should be and should look something like this.
\n<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
\n<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC \"-\/\/Apple\/\/DTD PLIST 1.0\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.apple.com\/DTDs\/PropertyList-1.0.dtd\">
\n<plist version=\"1.0\">
\n<dict>
\n <key>Label<\/key>
\n <string>homebrew.mxcl.mongodb<\/string>
\n <key>ProgramArguments<\/key>
\n <array>
\n <string>\/usr\/local\/opt\/mongodb\/bin\/mongod<\/string>
\n <string>--config<\/string>
\n <string>\/usr\/local\/etc\/mongod.conf<\/string>
\n <\/array>
\n <key>RunAtLoad<\/key>
\n <true\/>
\n <key>KeepAlive<\/key>
\n <false\/>
\n <key>WorkingDirectory<\/key>
\n <string>\/usr\/local<\/string>
\n <key>StandardErrorPath<\/key>
\n <string>\/usr\/local\/var\/log\/mongodb\/output.log<\/string>
\n <key>StandardOutPath<\/key>
\n <string>\/usr\/local\/var\/log\/mongodb\/output.log<\/string>
\n <key>HardResourceLimits<\/key>
\n <dict>
\n <key>NumberOfFiles<\/key>
\n <integer>1024<\/integer>
\n <\/dict>
\n <key>SoftResourceLimits<\/key>
\n <dict>
\n <key>NumberOfFiles<\/key>
\n <integer>1024<\/integer>
\n <\/dict>
\n<\/dict>
\n<\/plist><\/code><\/p>\n

The config location is referenced in above plist file (--config<\/string><\/code>). Currently, the default points to \/usr\/local\/etc\/mongod.conf. Set the dbPath to the path to the db for your implementation.<\/p>\n

mongod.conf
\nsystemLog:
\n destination: filexvc
\n path: \/usr\/local\/var\/log\/mongodb\/mongo.log
\n logAppend: true
\nstorage:
\n dbPath: \/dbData\/db
\nnet:
\n bindIp: 127.0.0.1<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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