Install mongodb on ubuntu with apt-get fails

Question

I'm trying to install mongoDB on Ubuntu Server 14.04 with apt-get.

My command ist sudo apt-get install mongodb-org -y

After installation I'm trying to run sudo service mongod start The output is mongod start/running, process 11977

Trying to get status sudo service mongod status prints out mongod stop/waiting Trying to stop mongod sudo service mongod stop prints stop: Unknown instance:

When I type mongo in command line I get this

MongoDB shell version: 2.6.3
connecting to: test
2014-08-02T11:49:28.781+0200 warning: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017, reason: errno:111     Connection refused
2014-08-02T11:49:28.782+0200 Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 (127.0.0.1),   connection attempt failed at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:146
exception: connect failed

What I'm doing wrong?

Answer 1

mongod is not running, thats why you cant connect. Before you run it as a service, just run mongod from the command line and see how it fails. Once you get it working, you can convert to a service.