Unable to create/open lock file: /data/mongod.lock errno:13 Permission denied

Question

How to I get mongo to use a mounted drive on ec2? I really do not understand. I attached a volume on ec2 formatted the drive as root and start as root and yet as root I ca

Answer 1

Do ls -lato know the user and group of /var/log/mongodb. Then do sudo chown -R user:group /data/db Now run sudo service mongodb start. Check the status with sudo service mongodb status