Stop: Unknown instance mongodb (Ubuntu)

Question

I am new to Mongodb. When I run the following command:

sudo service mongodb start

It shows me \"mongodb start/running, process 3566

Answer 1

I just ran into this. Chances are the issue is in your conf file (obviously, since you reinstalled the seeded)

In the mongodb.conf do not set fork = true if calling it as a service. This will prevent the service call from being able to access it with service mongodb.conf status/stop/restart.

Removing a fork=True line, however, will alleviate the issue.

See comments; use the other solution even though this one is accepted.