mongodb @5.0.9: the service fails to start due to missing conf

[acidjunk (Rene Dohmen)]

The default data db is not writeable: "/data/db"

As there is no default config file the scripts to launch mongod will fail.

Mongo DB version 5.0.9

[acidjunk (Rene Dohmen)]

Since version 5 they switched to a YAML based config:

systemLog:
   destination: file
   path: "/opt/local/var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log"
   logAppend: true
storage:
   dbPath: "/opt/local/var/db/mongodb" 
   journal:
      enabled: true
processManagement:
   fork: true
net:
   bindIp: 127.0.0.1
   port: 27017
setParameter:
   enableLocalhostAuthBypass: false

[ryandesign (Ryan Carsten Schmidt)]

There are many prior open tickets about the mongodb port and the fact that it does not come with a config file. If you think it should, feel free to work on any of those tickets and submit a pull request to fix it.

/data/db is the path where mongodb looks for databases by default if not told otherwise. MacPorts does tell it otherwise in the paramaters in the launchd plist (which take effect when you sudo port load mongodb). If that is no longer working and needs adjustment, again feel free to submit a fix.

I'm not currently working on these issues.