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Configuration File Settings and Command-Line Options Mapping

The following table maps the configuration file settings and the related mongod and mongos command-line options.

Configuration File Setting	`mongod` and `mongos` Command-Line Options
`auditLog.auditEncryptionKeyIdentifier`	`mongod --auditEncryptionKeyUID` `mongos --auditEncryptionKeyUID`
`auditLog.compressionMode`	`mongod --auditCompressionMode` `mongos --auditCompressionMode`
`auditLog.destination`	`mongod --auditDestination` `mongos --auditDestination`
`auditLog.filter`	`mongod --auditFilter` `mongos --auditFilter`
`auditLog.format`	`mongod --auditFormat` `mongos --auditFormat`
`auditLog.localAuditKeyFile`	`mongod --auditLocalKeyFile` `mongos --auditLocalKeyFile`
`auditLog.path`	`mongod --auditPath` `mongos --auditPath`
`cloud.monitoring.free.state`	`mongod --enableFreeMonitoring`
`cloud.monitoring.free.tags`	`mongod --freeMonitoringTag`
`net.bindIp`	`mongod --bind_ip` `mongos --bind_ip`
`net.bindIpAll`	`mongod --bind_ip_all` `mongos --bind_ip_all`
`net.compression.compressors`	`mongod --networkMessageCompressors` `mongos --networkMessageCompressors`
`net.ipv6`	`mongod --ipv6` `mongos --ipv6`
`net.maxIncomingConnections`	`mongod --maxConns` `mongos --maxConns`
`net.port`	`mongod --port` `mongos --port`
`net.tls.allowConnectionsWithoutCertificates`	`mongod --tlsAllowConnectionsWithoutCertificates` `mongos --tlsAllowConnectionsWithoutCertificates`
`net.tls.allowInvalidCertificates`	`mongod --tlsAllowInvalidCertificates` `mongos --tlsAllowInvalidCertificates`
`net.tls.allowInvalidHostnames`	`mongod --tlsAllowInvalidHostnames` `mongos --tlsAllowInvalidHostnames`
`net.tls.CAFile`	`mongod --tlsCAFile` `mongos --tlsCAFile`
`net.tls.clusterCAFile`	`mongod --tlsClusterCAFile` `mongos --tlsClusterCAFile`
`net.tls.certificateSelector`	`mongod --tlsCertificateSelector` `mongos --tlsCertificateSelector`
`net.tls.clusterCertificateSelector`	`mongod --tlsClusterCertificateSelector` `mongos --tlsClusterCertificateSelector`
`net.tls.clusterFile`	`mongod --tlsClusterFile` `mongos --tlsClusterFile`
`net.tls.clusterPassword`	`mongod --tlsClusterPassword` `mongos --tlsClusterPassword`
`net.tls.CRLFile`	`mongod --tlsCRLFile` `mongos --tlsCRLFile`
`net.tls.disabledProtocols`	`mongod --tlsDisabledProtocols` `mongos --tlsDisabledProtocols`
`net.tls.FIPSMode`	`mongod --tlsFIPSMode` `mongos --tlsFIPSMode`
`net.tls.mode`	`mongod --tlsMode` `mongos --tlsMode`
`net.tls.certificateKeyFile`	`mongod --tlsCertificateKeyFile` `mongos --tlsCertificateKeyFile`
`net.tls.certificateKeyFilePassword`	`mongod --tlsCertificateKeyFilePassword` `mongos --tlsCertificateKeyFilePassword`
`net.ssl.sslOnNormalPorts`	`mongod --sslOnNormalPorts` `mongos --sslOnNormalPorts`
`net.unixDomainSocket.enabled`	`mongod --nounixsocket` `mongos --nounixsocket`
`net.unixDomainSocket.filePermissions`	`mongod --filePermissions` `mongos --filePermissions`
`net.unixDomainSocket.pathPrefix`	`mongod --unixSocketPrefix` `mongos --unixSocketPrefix`
`net.wireObjectCheck`
`operationProfiling.mode`	`mongod --profile`
`operationProfiling.slowOpSampleRate`	`mongod --slowOpSampleRate` `mongos --slowOpSampleRate`
`operationProfiling.slowOpThresholdMs`	`mongod --slowms` `mongos --slowms`
`processManagement.fork`	`mongod --fork` `mongos --fork`
`processManagement.pidFilePath`	`mongod --pidfilepath` `mongos --pidfilepath`
`processManagement.timeZoneInfo`	`mongod --timeZoneInfo` `mongos --timeZoneInfo`
`processManagement.windowsService.description`	`mongod.exe --serviceDescription` `mongos.exe --serviceDescription`
`processManagement.windowsService.displayName`	`mongod.exe --serviceDisplayName` `mongos.exe --serviceDisplayName`
`processManagement.windowsService.serviceName`	`mongod.exe --serviceName` `mongos.exe --serviceName`
`processManagement.windowsService.servicePassword`	`mongod.exe --servicePassword` `mongos.exe --servicePassword`
`processManagement.windowsService.serviceUser`	`mongod.exe --serviceUser` `mongos.exe --serviceUser`
`replication.enableMajorityReadConcern`	`mongod --enableMajorityReadConcern`
`replication.localPingThresholdMs`	`mongos --localThreshold`
`replication.oplogSizeMB`	`mongod --oplogSize`
`replication.replSetName`	`mongod --replSet`
`security.authorization`	`mongod --auth` `mongod --noauth`
`security.clusterAuthMode`	`mongod --clusterAuthMode` `mongos --clusterAuthMode`
`security.enableEncryption`	`mongod --enableEncryption`
`security.encryptionCipherMode`	`mongod --encryptionCipherMode`
`security.encryptionKeyFile`	`mongod --encryptionKeyFile`
`security.javascriptEnabled`	`mongod --noscripting` `mongos --noscripting`
`security.keyFile`	`mongod --keyFile` `mongos --keyFile`
`security.kmip.clientCertificateFile`	`mongod --kmipClientCertificateFile`
`security.kmip.clientCertificatePassword`	`mongod --kmipClientCertificatePassword`
`security.kmip.clientCertificateSelector`	`mongod --kmipClientCertificateSelector`
`security.kmip.connectRetries`	`mongod --kmipConnectRetries`
`security.kmip.connectTimeoutMS`	`mongod --kmipConnectTimeoutMS`
`security.kmip.keyIdentifier`	`mongod --kmipKeyIdentifier`
`security.kmip.port`	`mongod --kmipPort`
`security.kmip.rotateMasterKey`	`mongod --kmipRotateMasterKey`
`security.kmip.serverCAFile`	`mongod --kmipServerCAFile`
`security.kmip.serverName`	`mongod --kmipServerName`
`security.kmip.activateKeys`	`mongod --kmipActivateKeys`
`security.kmip.keyStatePollingSeconds`	`mongod --kmipKeyStatePollingSeconds`
`security.ldap.authz.queryTemplate`	`mongod --ldapAuthzQueryTemplate`
`security.ldap.bind.method`	`mongod --ldapBindMethod` `mongos --ldapBindMethod`
`security.ldap.bind.queryPassword`	`mongod --ldapQueryPassword` `mongos --ldapQueryPassword`
`security.ldap.bind.queryUser`	`mongod --ldapQueryUser` `mongos --ldapQueryUser`
`security.ldap.bind.saslMechanisms`	`mongod --ldapBindSaslMechanisms` `mongos --ldapBindSaslMechanisms`
`security.ldap.bind.useOSDefaults`	`mongod --ldapBindWithOSDefaults` `mongos --ldapBindWithOSDefaults`
`security.ldap.retryCount`	`mongod --ldapRetryCount` `mongos --ldapRetryCount`
`security.ldap.servers`	`mongod --ldapServers` `mongos --ldapServers`
`security.ldap.timeoutMS`	`mongod --ldapTimeoutMS` `mongos --ldapTimeoutMS`
`security.ldap.transportSecurity`	`mongod --ldapTransportSecurity` `mongos --ldapTransportSecurity`
`security.ldap.userToDNMapping`	`mongod --ldapUserToDNMapping` `mongos --ldapUserToDNMapping`
`security.redactClientLogData`	`mongod --redactClientLogData` `mongos --redactClientLogData`
`security.sasl.hostName`	`mongod --setParameter saslHostName=...` `mongos --setParameter saslHostName=...`
`security.sasl.saslauthdSocketPath`	`mongod --setParameter saslauthdPath=...` `mongos --setParameter saslauthdPath=...`
`security.sasl.serviceName`	`mongod --setParameter saslServiceName=...` `mongos --setParameter saslServiceName=...`
`security.transitionToAuth`	`mongod --transitionToAuth` `mongos --transitionToAuth`
`setParameter`	`mongod --setParameter` `mongos --setParameter`
`sharding.archiveMovedChunks`	`mongod --moveParanoia` `mongod --noMoveParanoia`
`sharding.clusterRole`	`mongod --shardsvr` `mongod --configsvr`
`sharding.configDB`	`mongos --configdb`
`snmp.disabled`	`mongod --snmp-disabled`
`snmp.master`	`mongod --snmp-master`
`snmp.subagent`	`mongod --snmp-subagent`
`storage.dbPath`	`mongod --dbpath`
`storage.directoryPerDB`	`mongod --directoryperdb`
`storage.engine`	`mongod --storageEngine`
`storage.inMemory.engineConfig.inMemorySizeGB`	`mongod --inMemorySizeGB`
`storage.journal.commitIntervalMs`	`mongod --journalCommitInterval`
`storage.syncPeriodSecs`	`mongod --syncdelay`
`storage.wiredTiger.collectionConfig.blockCompressor`	`mongod --wiredTigerCollectionBlockCompressor`
`storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.cacheSizeGB`	`mongod --wiredTigerCacheSizeGB`
`storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.directoryForIndexes`	`mongod --wiredTigerDirectoryForIndexes`
`storage.wiredTiger.engineConfig.journalCompressor`	`mongod --wiredTigerJournalCompressor`
`storage.wiredTiger.indexConfig.prefixCompression`	`mongod --wiredTigerIndexPrefixCompression`
`systemLog.component.accessControl.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={accessControl: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={accessControl: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.command.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={command: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={command: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.control.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={control: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={control: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.ftdc.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={ftdc: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={ftdc: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.geo.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={geo: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={geo: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.index.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={index: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={index: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.network.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={network: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={network: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.query.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={query: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={query: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.replication.heartbeats.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={replication: {heartbeats: ... }}"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={replication: {heartbeats: ... }}"`
`systemLog.component.replication.rollback.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={replication: {rollback: ... }}"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={replication: {rollback: ... }}"`
`systemLog.component.replication.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={replication: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={replication: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.sharding.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={sharding: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={sharding: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.storage.journal.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={storage: {journal: ... }}"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={storage: {journal: ... }}"`
`systemLog.component.storage.recovery.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={storage: {recovery: ... }}"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={storage: {recovery: ... }}"`
`systemLog.component.storage.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={storage: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={storage: ... }"`
`systemLog.component.write.verbosity`	`mongod --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={write: ... }"` `mongos --setParameter "logComponentVerbosity={write: ... }"`
`systemLog.destination`	`mongod --logpath` `mongos --logpath` `mongod --syslog` `mongos --syslog`
`systemLog.logAppend`	`mongod --logappend` `mongos --logappend`
`systemLog.logRotate`	`mongod --logRotate` `mongos --logRotate`
`systemLog.path`	`mongod --logpath` `mongos --logpath`
`systemLog.quiet`	`mongod --quiet` `mongos --quiet`
`systemLog.syslogFacility`	`mongod --syslogFacility` `mongos --syslogFacility`
`systemLog.timeStampFormat`	`mongod --timeStampFormat` `mongos --timeStampFormat`
`systemLog.traceAllExceptions`	`mongod --traceExceptions`
`systemLog.verbosity`	`mongod --verbose` `mongos --verbose`

ChangeLog

Starting in version 6.1:

MongoDB always enables journaling. As a result, MongoDB removes the storage.journal.enabled option and the corresponding --journal and --nojournal command-line options.

Starting in version 5.0:

MongoDB removes the --serviceExecutor command-line option and the corresponding net.serviceExecutor configuration option.

Starting in version 4.4:

MongoDB removes the --noIndexBuildRetry command-line option and the corresponding storage.indexBuildRetry option.

Starting in version 4.2:

MongoDB removes the deprecated MMAPv1 storage engine and the MMAPv1-specific configuration options:

Removed Configuration File Setting	Removed Command-line Option
`storage.mmapv1.journal.commitIntervalMs`
`storage.mmapv1.journal.debugFlags`	`mongod --journalOptions`
`storage.mmapv1.nsSize`	`mongod --nssize`
`storage.mmapv1.preallocDataFiles`	`mongod --noprealloc`
`storage.mmapv1.quota.enforced`	`mongod --quota`
`storage.mmapv1.quota.maxFilesPerDB`	`mongod --quotaFiles`
`storage.mmapv1.smallFiles`	`mongod --smallfiles`
`storage.repairPath`	`mongod --repairpath`
`replication.secondaryIndexPrefetch`	`mongod --replIndexPrefetch`

For earlier versions of MongoDB, refer to the corresponding version of the manual. For example:

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