Question

After mongdb has been installed through brew, the contents of /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf are as follows

systemLog:
 destination: file
 path: /Users/zyj/database/log/mongodb/mongo.log
 logAppend: true
 storage:
 dbPath: /Users/zyj/database/mongodb
 journal:
 enabled: true
 net:
 bindIp: 127.0.0.1
 port: 27017

Then start the command line to enter mongod and display
exception in initAndListen: 29 Data directory /data/db not found., terminating

How do I customize the database path

Answer 1

mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf

Although you have modified the configuration file, you have not made the configuration file effective. You have to execute the command to make the configuration file effective.