Windows

Windows Quick Links and Reference Center

Running MongoDB on Windows

See the Quickstart page for info on how to install and run the database for the first time.

Running as a Service

See the Windows Service page.

The MongoDB Server

Get pre-built binaries on the Downloads page. Binaries are available for both 32 bit and 64 bit Windows. MongoDB uses memory-mapped files for data storage, so for servers managing more than 2GB of data you will definitely need the 64 bit version (and a 64 bit version of Windows).

Writing Apps

You can write apps in almost any programming language – see the Drivers page. In particular C#, .NET, PHP, C and C++ work just fine.

• CSharp Language Center
• CSharp Community Projects

Building

We recommend using the pre-built binaries, but Mongo builds fine with Visual Studio 2008 and 2010. See the Building for Windows page.

Versions of Windows

We have successfully ran MongoDB (mongod etc.) on:

• Windows Server 2008 R2 64 bit
• Windows 7 (32 bit and 64 bit)
• Windows XP
• Vista

Azure

Instructions for running MongoDB on Azure (alpha)

AppHarbor

Instructions for running MongoDB on AppHarbor