Command fails to execute in upstart session job

Question

This command:

mongod --fork --dbpath ../data --smallfiles --logpath ../data/mongo.log

runs perfectly from terminal, while in directory /mongo/bin/

But, when I use same command and directory for upstart session job file (at $HOME/.config/upstart):

# mongod_service - mongoDB job file
description "MongoDB service"
author "admin"

# When to start the service
start on runlevel [2345]

# When to stop the service
stop on runlevel [016]

# Automatically restart process if crashed
# respawn

# Essentially lets upstart know the process will detach itself to the background
expect fork

# working directory
chdir /mongo/bin/

# log this job
console log

# Start mongod as daemon
exec /mongo/bin/mongod --fork --dbpath /mongo/data --smallfiles --logpath /mongo/data/mongo.log

Update: Changed job file and It starts fine now, but when I try to stop it with initctl stop mongod-service, the command never completes !.

Can anyone suggest how to make this work ?

are you sure you can use relative paths? Also: for debugging see this: http://askubuntu.com/questions/36200/how-to-debug-upstart-scripts — Rinzwind, May 20 '13 at 13:57

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 14 '14 at 18:12

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Even if you are using a version of MongoDB built from Git, you can still reuse the official upstart config file:

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo/blob/master/debian/mongod.upstart

and update it as required.

edited Feb 14 '14 at 18:12

Seth

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answered May 22 '13 at 12:34

David Edwards

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Yes, I'm always keeping a latest build from the git clone and configuring custom database paths etc. Also updated question. – user117 May 22 '13 at 14:24
Updated answer to reflect your response. – David Edwards May 22 '13 at 15:16
Thanks. I'll need to make some edits though. – user117 May 22 '13 at 15:36
Hmmm.. it uses a daemon starter, which is strange because upstart was supposed to be the alternative. – user117 May 22 '13 at 15:47

Command fails to execute in upstart session job

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