shell script - check mongod server is running

Question

I have a shell script to do some mongo db actions:

e.g. mongo testdb --eval \"db.dropDatabase()\"

BUT, if the mongod server is not running, I get:

Answer 1

try running this in your shell script:-

pgrep mongod

If the value is numeric you know that the process is running, if you get an empty value, flag it as service not running...