Launch MongoDB on Startup or User Login
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.
Which lead me to the section that specifically talks about Launching Custom Daemons Using launchd.
Launching Custom Daemons Using launchd
Which talks about system daemons.
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.
MONGODB as a daemon / service for mac
Create a link to the MONGODB plist file
(s = symbolic, f = replace existing, n = link is seen as a normal file)
To start using the current users LaunchAgents
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mongodb/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents
use launchctl to direct launchd to load mongodb .
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist
To start as a system wide daemon use the following
ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/mongodb/*.plist /Library/LaunchDaemons/
use launchctl to direct launchd to load mongodb .
launchctl load /Library/LaunchDaemons/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist
homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist
This file tells launchd how to launch the application, where the config files and log files should be and should look something like this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>homebrew.mxcl.mongodb</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/opt/mongodb/bin/mongod</string>
<string>--config</string>
<string>/usr/local/etc/mongod.conf</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<false/>
<key>WorkingDirectory</key>
<string>/usr/local</string>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/usr/local/var/log/mongodb/output.log</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/usr/local/var/log/mongodb/output.log</string>
<key>HardResourceLimits</key>
<dict>
<key>NumberOfFiles</key>
<integer>1024</integer>
</dict>
<key>SoftResourceLimits</key>
<dict>
<key>NumberOfFiles</key>
<integer>1024</integer>
</dict>
</dict>
</plist>
The config location is referenced in above plist file (
mongod.conf
systemLog:
destination: filexvc
path: /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log
logAppend: true
storage:
dbPath: /dbData/db
net:
bindIp: 127.0.0.1