Options:
General options:
-h [ --help ] show this usage information
--version show version information
-f [ --config ] arg configuration file specifying additional options
-v [ --verbose ] [=arg(=v)] be more verbose (include multiple times for more
verbosity e.g. -vvvvv)
--quiet quieter output
--port arg specify port number - 27017 by default
--bind_ip arg comma separated list of ip addresses to listen on
- all local ips by default
--maxConns arg max number of simultaneous connections - 1000000
by default
--logpath arg log file to send write to instead of stdout - has
to be a file, not directory
--logappend append to logpath instead of over-writing
--timeStampFormat arg Desired format for timestamps in log messages.
One of ctime, iso8601-utc or iso8601-local
--pidfilepath arg full path to pidfile (if not set, no pidfile is
created)
--keyFile arg private key for cluster authentication
--setParameter arg Set a configurable parameter
--httpinterface enable http interface
--clusterAuthMode arg Authentication mode used for cluster
authentication.> (keyFile|sendKeyFile|sendX509|x509)
--auth run with security
--noauth run without security
--ipv6 enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)
--jsonp allow JSONP access via http (has security
implications)
--rest turn on simple rest api
--slowms arg (=100) value of slow for profile and console log
--profile arg 0=off 1=slow, 2=all
--cpu periodically show cpu and iowait utilization
--sysinfo print some diagnostic system information
--dbpath arg directory for datafiles - defaults to \data\db\
--directoryperdb each database will be stored in a separate
directory
--noIndexBuildRetry don't retry any index builds that were
interrupted by shutdown
--noprealloc disable data file preallocation - will often hurt
performance
--nssize arg (=16) .ns file> --quota limits each database to a certain number of files
(8 default)
--quotaFiles arg number of files allowed per db, implies --quota
--smallfiles use a smaller default file> --syncdelay arg (=60) seconds between disk syncs (0=never, but not
recommended)
--upgrade upgrade db if needed
--repair run repair on all dbs
--repairpath arg root directory for repair files - defaults to
dbpath
--noscripting disable scripting engine
--notablescan do not allow table scans
--journal enable journaling
--nojournal disable journaling (journaling is on by default
for 64 bit)
--journalOptions arg journal diagnostic options
--journalCommitInterval arg how often to group/batch commit (ms)
Windows Service Control Manager options:
--install install Windows service
--remove remove Windows service
--reinstall reinstall Windows service (equivalent to --remove
followed by --install)
--serviceName arg Windows service name
--serviceDisplayName arg Windows service display name
--serviceDescription arg Windows service description
--serviceUser arg account for service execution
--servicePassword arg password used to authenticate serviceUser
Replication options:
--oplogSize arg > 5% of disk space (i.e. large is good)
Master/slave options (old; use replica sets instead):
--master master mode
--slave slave mode
--source arg when slave: specify master as
--only arg when slave: specify a single database to replicate
--slavedelay arg specify delay (in seconds) to be used when applying
master ops to slave
--autoresync automatically resync if slave data is stale
Replica set options:
--replSet arg arg is [/]
--replIndexPrefetch arg specify index prefetching behavior (if secondary)
[none|_id_only|all]
Sharding options:
--configsvr declare this is a config db of a cluster; default port
27019; default dir /data/configdb
--shardsvr declare this is a shard db of a cluster; default port
27018