MongoDB running but can't connect using shell

Question

CentOS 5.x Linux with MongoDB 2.0.1 (tried main and legacy-static)

MongoDB is running:

root     31664  1.5  1.4  81848 11148 ?        Sl   18:40   0:         


        

Answer 1

I don't see this having an accepted answer yet, so I'll just add my 2 cents.

I had the exact same issue just now. After a while I realized I've locked localhost out in my iptables rules. So, check your firewall.