Previous session data not persisting in MongoDB

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I am using a local instance of MongoDB using the command mongo. Using mongosh, I created a couple of dbs and collections and insert some data.

After performing the required operations, I needed to shut down the server. Following the docs, I entered db.shutdownServer() but get the error Error: read ECONNRESET. I then tried using the alternative methods and used Control-C in the terminal instance where the server was running. It shut down.

When I restarted the server to perform some operations, I could not find the dbs I created in the last session.

  1. Is this the intended behavior? If yes, how can I ensure cross-session data persistence?
  2. Was the session termination a clean shutdown in my case?
  3. How can I troubleshoot the error encountered while using db.shutdownServer()?
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Hi @Praneet_Dixit

The message Error: read ECONNRESET is from the mongosh client. The server was shutdown and now the client connection is reset, this is an expected message.

This CTRL+C is exiting the mongosh client, the server was already shutdown.

This would depend on how the server was started. The same --dbpath (or configuration file) would need to be specified so the same database data files.

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