mongodb service is not starting up

Question

I\'ve installed the mongodb 2.0.3, using the mongodb-10gen debian package. Everything went well, except the service which is installed by default is not starting up when com

Answer 1

1 - disable fork option in /etc/mongodb.conf if enabled

2 - Repair your database

mongod --repair --dbpath DBPATH

3 - kill current mongod process

Find mongo processes

ps -ef | grep mongo

you'll get mongod PID

mongodb   PID     1  0 06:26 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongodb.conf

Stop current mongod process

kill -9 PID

4 - start mongoDB service

service mongodb start