MongoDB: exception in initAndListen: 20 Attempted to create a lock file on a read-only directory: /data/db, terminating

Question

I created /data/db in root directory and ran ./mongod:

[initandlisten] exception in initAndListen: 20 Attempted to create a lock fi         


        

Answer 1

First of all stop all the mongoDB services, then create a directory on / , it means root, if you don't have, and remove the port file also. give all permission to that directory, become that directory owner, run below command:

sudo service mongod stop
sudo rm -rf /tmp/mongod*
sudo mkdir -p /data/db
sudo chmod -R a+wxr /data
sudo chown -R $USER:$USER /data

Now you're done, just start the MongoDB service, if didn't help, try to change the port like:

sudo service mongod restart && mongod # if didn't help run below cmd
mongod --port 27018

Note: For me all this stuff works and hoping would work for you, guy!