Mongodb where is database stored

Can someone tell me where to look and what to look for? They are in the directory specified by your dbpath. However the name of the files do not reflect the name of the collections.

For your existing deployment, you can create separate directories for each database using the option —directoryperdb and following instructions in the documentation. This is my db folder. I searched documentation for. Is there some page that gives brief overview of these various files and folders that gives some explanation of structure and use? I was just wondering if these various files can be opened with a text editor, which file contains my data, and so forth.

Thinking about backup too. Would i just backup everything in the folder and call it a day? Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group. Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Where is mongo database folder on the filesystem Ask Question.

Asked 3 years, 11 months ago. Active 1 year, 6 months ago. Viewed k times. How can I find my database folder? Improve this question. Yaron Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Yaron Yaron And that folder looks like it could be the database. Also the variable is dbPath uppercase 'P'. Typically you want to be managing MongoDB as a service to ensure consistent configuration is used between invocations.

Asked 3 years, 1 month ago. Active 3 years, 1 month ago. Viewed 2k times. Improve this question. Marcel Blockchain Marcel Blockchain 2 2 silver badges 12 12 bronze badges. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Read this answer several times on the web, my DigitalOcean Ubuntu Gonna check the other 2 solutions — Marcel Blockchain. Double check it's not there Please put the command and the possible paths in the answer and so I can set it as the correct answer — Marcel Blockchain.

One hack is that use --dbpath armament,its the path provided externally. YashwanthKambala YashwanthKambala 1 1 silver badge 6 6 bronze badges.