How to start MongoDB server on system start?

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I have to start my MongoDB server every time the system restarts. How do I configure it to start with my OS? I am on Ubuntu 11.04.

Use this command to run after boot : sudo systemctl enable mongod — nilakantha singh deo, Aug 11 '21 at 07:01

score 178 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 16 '20 at 17:35

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According to the comments, on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS this seems to be the solution:

systemctl enable mongodb.service

Thanks to @Adam. I had the same "problem" on Debian jessie, and my solution there was:

systemctl enable mongod.service

Maybe they changed the name of the service. I think in Ubuntu it's the same.

edited Apr 16 '20 at 17:35

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Worked for me on Ubuntu Mate 16.04.2 LTS – Muhammad Gelbana Feb 18 '17 at 12:50
This worked for me (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, MongoDB 3.4.4) – dragosrsupercool May 25 '17 at 07:20
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Pity there is no info in official documentation about starting the service. – UpTheCreek Jan 09 '18 at 12:31
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may need to (sudo) systemctl start mongod to start the mongd service – XoXo Apr 03 '18 at 11:47
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Also works on ubuntu 18.04 LTS – 89n3ur0n Aug 21 '18 at 16:08
worked for me on debian 9 too – hgoebl May 11 '19 at 09:05
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Only works for me if I change mongod.service to mongodb.service on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - strange? – Adam Jul 14 '19 at 19:32
@Adam not really, mongod is the deamon for the official version of mongodb from mongodb-org. mongodb is the daemon for the version that gets installed from the official ubuntu packages. – toing_toing Oct 18 '19 at 09:41
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sudo systemctl enable mongod – Tailer Mar 04 '20 at 22:40
There never was a mongod.service in Ubuntu, even in 16.04. monogodb.service has been around or a while. – muru Apr 16 '20 at 17:38
Use command : sudo systemctl enable mongod – nilakantha singh deo Aug 11 '21 at 07:02

score 41 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 16 '17 at 03:38

If you install MongoDB using the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt) then it'll configure your startup scripts to automatically run Mongo when the system boots.

The steps are as follows, first configure apt to be able to download the Mongo package:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Add this line to sources.list then save:

deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen

Then download and install Mongo with the apt-get utility:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen

If you want to make any changes to config, edit your mongodb.conf and restart:

sudo nano /etc/mongodb.conf
sudo service mongod restart

If you want to later change it to not automatically start MongoDB on startup, edit /etc/init/mongodb.conf. — kynan, Dec 05 '12 at 12:08

score 12 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 16 '13 at 10:18

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Controlling all the init.d service links should be done with the update-rc.d tool

i.e. to turn on the mongod daemon in the default runlevels (i.e. turn it on at boot):

update-rc.d mongodb defaults

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuBootupHowto for more information. This link tells you everything you want to know about how to set programs at boot.

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The 10gen MongoDB distribution does not use System-V style init scripts, you need to edit /etc/init/mongodb.conf. – kynan Dec 05 '12 at 12:04
do i need to do this? – tofutim Mar 11 '18 at 01:53

score 8 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 05 '18 at 20:41

If you have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, you can enable mongo to start on boot typing this in your console:
sudo systemctl enable mongod
I have used this approach with MongoDB Community Edition 3.6 and it works. Reboot your machine and test if mongo is running typing:
sudo service mongod status

score 8 · Answer 5 · edited May 11 '17 at 11:35

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I am using crontab for Ubuntu. It works fine. To be able to edit file

Sudo crontab –e

Add this line to the file

@reboot sudo service mongod start &

The "&" sigh at the end help it to work background.

Ctrl + x for exit, press "Y" once prompted. And keep the file name as "crontab".

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Start up at boot : sudo systemctl enable mongod To verify mongo status, auth and version : mongo --eval 'db.runCommand({ connectionStatus: 1 })' – nilakantha singh deo Aug 11 '21 at 07:06

kynan · Answer 6 · 2016-04-29T22:46:11.867

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If you have installed the MongoDB Community Edition (which is the recommended way since it receives more frequent updates than the package distributed in the Ubuntu package repository) you configure the start / stop behaviour of mongod via the upstart init script /etc/init/mongod.conf, which defaults to start the daemon automatically on boot

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [06]

If you do not want it to start automatically, replace those 2 lines with

stop on runlevel [023456]

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answered Apr 29 '16 at 22:35

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Will this start the server before anyone logs into the system? – Gabriel Fair Mar 17 '18 at 16:13
@GabrielFair Yes – kynan Aug 05 '18 at 11:24

score 4 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 30 '18 at 06:39

You can use systemctl command to enable your mongo service at run at system boot.

Create a service such that

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/mongodb.service

Place content in the file

[Unit]
Description=MongoDB Database Service
Wants=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=always
User=mongodb
Group=mongodb
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog

after that you will be able to use service commands like

sudo service mongod start|stop|restart

and then if you want to make it up at machine boot, you can create mongod file under /etc/init.d/

Saahithyan Vigneswaran · Answer 8 · 2020-08-25T17:39:52.010

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For a default installation using apt, you can start it with following command

sudo service mongod start

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answered Aug 22 '20 at 15:24

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score 2 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 11 '11 at 02:20

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chkconfig --levels 235 mongod on?

where mongodb is the name of your service

answered Sep 11 '11 at 02:20

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The 10gen MongoDB distribution does not use System-V style init scripts by default (though one is provided), edit /etc/init/mongodb.conf instead. – kynan Dec 05 '12 at 12:16
@kynan Edit it how? What do I change / add to the mongod.conf file? – Kieveli Apr 28 '16 at 13:48
@Kieveli: see this answer – kynan Apr 29 '16 at 22:46

score 2 · Answer 10 · edited Dec 05 '12 at 12:09

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If you install MongoDB with apt-get as described in the MongoDB Ubuntu installation guide, it will come with a basic startup script and config file. (use of a config file is highly recommended)

You can also take a look here for an old post that links to an init.d script.

In either case, the basic premise is that you're setting up a service and then configuring to start-stop with the computer. This is pretty common technique for servers, there are lots of tutorials around for doing exactly this.

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no longer the case in 16.04 – chovy Dec 10 '16 at 06:59

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