I installed MongoDB using this tutorial. I have tried to set --dbpath
in /etc/mongodb.conf
like this:
dbpath=/path/that/iwant
#where to log
logpath=/var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log
logappend=true
When I mongod
I get:
ERROR: dbpath (/data/db/) does not exist.
Further more, if I declare mongodb --dbpath /path/that/iwant
i get:
exception in initAndListen: 10309 Unable to create/open lock file
errno:13 Permission denied Is a mongod instance already running?
Q: How do I get mongod
to reference the proper path in the config file without specifying.
Bonus: Why is permission being denied from mongo. (I have tried sudo chmod -R 775 /path/that/iwant
and sudo chown -R mongodb /path/that/iwant
)
I am new to mongo and database admin exchange. As a brother from Stack Overflow I am humbled.
Edit: I added the path /data/db
to the pie and chown mongodb
on it. If I sudo mongod
the server starts. If I try to start it with my user it will not start getting an error Unable to create/open lock file
which exists.
Edit: Here is what my /etc/init.d/mongd
looks like:
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/mongod
DESC=database
# Default defaults. Can be overridden by the /etc/default/$NAME
NAME=mongodb
CONF=/etc/mongodb.conf
DATA=/path/that/iwant
LOGDIR=/var/log/mongodb
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
LOGFILE=$LOGDIR/$NAME.log # Server logfile
ENABLE_MONGODB=yes
…further down
DAEMONUSER=${DAEMONUSER:-mongodb}
DAEMON_OPTS=${DAEMON_OPTS:-"--dbpath $DATA --logpath $LOGFILE run"}
DAEMON_OPTS="$DAEMON_OPTS --config $CONF --rest"
This is what ps aux | grep mongo
looks like after i start the server with sudo mongod
:
root 10747 0.1 0.3 5124 1612 pts/0 S+ 10:41 0:00 sudo mongod
root 10748 1.8 3.8 84896 17416 pts/0 Sl+ 10:41 0:00 mongod
1001 10823 0.0 0.1 3544 808 pts/1 S+ 10:42 0:00 grep --color=auto mongo
Best Answer
Firstly instead of installing mongodb through apt just get a tar or zip of it.
1)Extract it to your home folder or wherever you would like.
2)Mark the mongod,mongo,mongos executable.
3)make a conf file say mongod.conf and add
4)Start mongod by
"bin" because you will find mongod in bin folder after extract