Default location for database files on RHEL variants is /var/lib/mongo

[bschonec]

What are you seeing

The default location for the database files on RHEL variants is /var/lib/mongo. The class module mongodb::params defaults to /var/lib/mongodb for all operating systems.

Output log

I audited the RPM packages of Mongo and Mongo enterprise and the location for the database is /var/lib/mongo:

Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el8                         Build Date: Tue 20 Feb 2024 04:45:42 PM EST
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el8                         Build Date: Tue 20 Feb 2024 06:17:00 PM EST
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el8                         Build Date: Wed 13 Mar 2024 07:52:19 PM EDT
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el9                         Build Date: Tue 20 Feb 2024 06:36:02 PM EST
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el9                         Build Date: Wed 13 Mar 2024 07:50:58 PM EDT
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el7                         Build Date: Tue 20 Feb 2024 05:25:02 PM EST
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el7                         Build Date: Tue 20 Feb 2024 06:39:09 PM EST
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-enterprise-server    Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el7                         Build Date: Wed 13 Mar 2024 08:40:40 PM EDT
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-org-server           Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el9                         Build Date: Thu 16 Nov 2023 01:20:36 PM EST
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-org-server           Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el7                         Build Date: Thu 05 Oct 2023 04:36:14 PM EDT
/var/lib/mongo
Name        : mongodb-org-server           Relocations: /usr /var /etc 
Release     : 1.el8                         Build Date: Wed 08 Mar 2023 02:34:48 PM EST
/var/lib/mongo

I recommend that $dbpath for RHEL be changed to reflect the default location of MongoDB database files.