Creating a database in Mongo: can't connect, get “connect failed”

Question

I want to create a new database in Mongo. However, I\'m having trouble connecting:

:~$ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 1.6.5
connecting to: test
Tue Dec 21 18:         


        

Answer 1

1. cd /var/lib/mongodb/

2. remove mongod.lock file from this folder

3. sudo start mongodb (in console)

4. mongo (in console)

   And it runs fine.