Unable to start MongoDB. ERROR: addr already in use

Question

I tried running MongoDB in local server with mongod command and it failed to run. The error:

mongod --help for help and startup options
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Answer 1

Try this:

sudo service mongodb stop

sudo mongod

Answer 2

you already have a process running

killall mongod

should kill the other process, if you have another kind of process bound to that port you could find it with netstat | grep 27017

Answer 3

some version is:

sudo service mongod stop

mongod: mongo damon