Mongo: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:145

Question

When I try to run mongo in shell in ubuntu or open rockmongo I see this error:

couldn\'t connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:145
         


        

Answer 1

even i had the same problem so i deleted the mongod lock file

sudo rm /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock

and the restart the server it worked , restarting by command below

sudo service mongodb restart