Can't start Mongo shell on Windows: "connection attempt failed"

Question

C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.4\bin>mongo

MongoDB shell version v3.4.7
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
2017-08-11T15:37:19.430+0800 W NETWORK  [thread1] Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017 after 5000ms milliseconds, giving up.
2017-08-11T15:37:19.433+0800 E QUERY    [thread1] Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017, connection attempt failed :
connect@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:237:13
@(connect):1:6
exception: connect failed

My PC's local IP address is not 127.0.0.1

Originally I had localhost mapped to the PC's local IP address in the Windows hosts file.

I changed this to: 127.0.0.1 localhost in hosts, but the issue remains.

Help appreciated.

Answer 1

You need to create data/db directory and give the below command. mongod --dbpath d:\test\mongodb\data

It will start running at 27017 port. If pou want to change the port then add --port portnumber

Assuming you have already set the environment variable

Answer 2

Could you try connecting using mongo --host <host>?