General options:

-h [ --help ] show this usage information

--version show version information

-f [ --config ] arg configuration file specifying additional options

-v [ --verbose ] be more verbose (include multiple times for moreverbosity 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 - 20000 by default

--objcheck inspect client data for validity on receipt

--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

--pidfilepath arg full path to pidfile (if not set, no pidfile is created)

--keyFile arg private key for cluster authentication

--auth run with security

--cpu periodically show cpu and iowait utilization

--dbpath arg directory for datafiles - defaults to \data\db\

--diaglog arg 0=off 1=W 2=R 3=both 7=W+some reads

--directoryperdb each database will be stored in a separate directory

--ipv6 enable IPv6 support (disabled by default)

--journal enable journaling

--journalCommitInterval arg how often to group/batch commit (ms)

--journalOptions arg journal diagnostic options

--jsonp allow JSONP access via http (has security implications)

--noauth run without security

--nohttpinterface disable http interface

--nojournal disable journaling (journaling is on by default for 64 bit)

--noprealloc disable data file preallocation - will often hurt performance

--noscripting disable scripting engine

--notablescan do not allow table scans

--nssize arg (=16) .ns file size (in MB) for new databases

--profile arg 0=off 1=slow, 2=all

--quota limits each database to a certain number of files (8 default)

--quotaFiles arg number of files allowed per db, requires --quota

--repair run repair on all dbs

--repairpath arg root directory for repair files - defaults to dbpath

--rest turn on simple rest api

--slowms arg (=100) value of slow for profile and console log

--smallfiles use a smaller default file size

--syncdelay arg (=60) seconds between disk syncs (0=never, but not recommended)

--sysinfo print some diagnostic system information

--upgrade upgrade db if needed

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 size to use (in MB) for replication op log. default is 5% of disk space (i.e. large is good)

Master/slave options:

--master master mode

--slave slave mode

--source arg when slave: specify master as <server:port>

--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 <setname>[/<optionalseedhostlist>]

--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

--noMoveParanoia turn off paranoid saving of data for moveChunk. this is on by default for now, but default will switch