Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017, reason: errno:111 Connection refused

Question

while trying this mongo command in ubuntu I am getting this error.

    ritzysystem@ritzysystem-Satellite-L55-A:~$ mongo
    MongoDB shell version: 2.6.1
             


        

Answer 1

In my case the problem was caused due to an apparent lost of permission over mongodb.lock file. I could solve the problem changing the permission with the following command :

sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb/mongodb.lock

There follows my investigation: