Running mongodb on ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Question

How can I run Mongodb, as a service, on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS? A few days ago I had upgrade my server to Ubuntu 16.04. I have noticed the my MongoDB service does not start when I reb

Answer 1

The latest version of MongoDB does most of things except one thing for now. After installing the MongoDB on Ubuntu 16.04.x , run the commands as follows:

$ sudo systemctl enable mongod.service
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Now most likely mongod starts on every boot automatically.

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This solution also works in case of getting this error:

Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.

After run the commands above, the commands below start to work:

$ sudo service mongod start
$ mongo

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Similarly, the all services installed must be enabled to run. For instance, after installation of Ops Manager (a.k.a MMS) the documentation says to run the commend below.

$ sudo systemctl start mongodb-mms.service

Most likely Ubuntu does not start the service. Because it is not enabled yet. To enable it just run the command below:

$ sudo systemctl enable mongodb-mms.service
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload

Then try to start the service:

$ sudo systemctl enable mongodb-mms.service

That's all...