Mongo: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:145

Question

When I try to run mongo in shell in ubuntu or open rockmongo I see this error:

couldn\'t connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:145
         


        

Answer 1

i got the solution by changing the owner of db directory to 'mongodb'

`sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /data/*`

then type 'mongo'