nickvoronin · October 12, 2018 11:13 · Oct 12, 2018 · Sep 1, 2018 · Aug 17, 2018 · Aug 17, 2018
diff --git a/mongodb hints b/mongodb hints
@@ -32,4 +32,30 @@ sudo rm -r /var/lib/mongodb
 Normally, with apt command, you can launch autoremove with all mongoDB packages :
 sudo apt-get autoremove mongodb-*
 
-https://askubuntu.com/questions/990727/error-removing-broken-mongo-server-package
+https://askubuntu.com/questions/990727/error-removing-broken-mongo-server-package
+
+###
+https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37014186/running-mongodb-on-ubuntu-16-04-lts
+
+# use sudo for all the following steps
+create a service script (in this example the name of the service is Mongodb)
+
+nano /lib/systemd/system/mongodb.service
+File content should be
+
+[Unit]
+Description=MongoDB Database Service
+Wants=network.target
+After=network.target
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
+ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
+Restart=always
+User=mongodb
+Group=mongodb
+StandardOutput=syslog
+StandardError=syslog
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/mongodb hints b/mongodb hints
@@ -5,12 +5,15 @@ locate -b '\mongo'
 # Start
 sudo service mongod start
 
+# Check status
+systemctl status mongodb.service
+
 # On start error
 # Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.
 sudo systemctl unmask mongodb
 
-# Check status
-systemctl status mongodb.service
+# Add to autorun
+systemctl enable mongod.service
 
 # change dbPath
 /etc/mongod.conf

diff --git a/mongodb hints b/mongodb hints
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 which mongo
 locate -b '\mongo'
 
+# Start
+sudo service mongod start
+
 # On start error
 # Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.
 sudo systemctl unmask mongodb

diff --git a/mongodb hints b/mongodb hints
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 which mongo
 locate -b '\mongo'
 
+# On start error
+# Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found.
+sudo systemctl unmask mongodb
+
 # Check status
 systemctl status mongodb.service
 

diff --git a/mongodb hints b/mongodb hints
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
+# Locate
 which mongo
-systemctl status mongodb.service
 locate -b '\mongo'
 
-If you run ps -xa | grep mongod and you don't see a --dbpath which explicitly tells mongod to look at that 
-parameter for the db location and you don't have a dbpath in your mongodb.conf, then the default location 
-will be: /data/db/ and you should look there.
+# Check status
+systemctl status mongodb.service
 
+# change dbPath
 /etc/mongod.conf
 mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf 
 
+If you run ps -xa | grep mongod and you don't see a --dbpath which explicitly tells mongod to look at that 
+parameter for the db location and you don't have a dbpath in your mongodb.conf, then the default location 
+will be: /data/db/ and you should look there.
+
+# Remove
+sudo service mongod stop
+sudo apt-get purge mongodb-org*
+sudo rm -r /var/log/mongodb
+sudo rm -r /var/lib/mongodb
+# OR
 Normally, with apt command, you can launch autoremove with all mongoDB packages :
 sudo apt-get autoremove mongodb-*
 
-sudo apt-get -f install
-
 https://askubuntu.com/questions/990727/error-removing-broken-mongo-server-package
diff --git a/mongodb → mongodb hints b/mongodb → mongodb hints
diff --git a/mongodb b/mongodb
@@ -6,4 +6,12 @@ If you run ps -xa | grep mongod and you don't see a --dbpath which explicitly te
 parameter for the db location and you don't have a dbpath in your mongodb.conf, then the default location 
 will be: /data/db/ and you should look there.
 
-mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf - force config
+/etc/mongod.conf
+mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf 
+
+Normally, with apt command, you can launch autoremove with all mongoDB packages :
+sudo apt-get autoremove mongodb-*
+
+sudo apt-get -f install
+
+https://askubuntu.com/questions/990727/error-removing-broken-mongo-server-package
diff --git a/mongodb b/mongodb
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ locate -b '\mongo'
 
 If you run ps -xa | grep mongod and you don't see a --dbpath which explicitly tells mongod to look at that 
 parameter for the db location and you don't have a dbpath in your mongodb.conf, then the default location 
-will be: /data/db/ and you should look there.
+will be: /data/db/ and you should look there.
+
+mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf - force config
diff --git a/mongodb b/mongodb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+which mongo
+systemctl status mongodb.service
+locate -b '\mongo'
+
+If you run ps -xa | grep mongod and you don't see a --dbpath which explicitly tells mongod to look at that 
+parameter for the db location and you don't have a dbpath in your mongodb.conf, then the default location 
+will be: /data/db/ and you should look there.