Windows could not start mongodb service on local computer. For more info., review the System Event Log - mongodb

Question

I am using Windows 32-bit machine and tried to start MongoDB service from Windows > services as shown below.
However, I am unable to start the MongoDB service from it and throws the following error.
When I try using cmd prompt, I am getting the following error:
Network Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017, reason: errno:10061 No
connection could be made because the target machine actively refused
it.
Error: Couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 <127.0.0.1>,
connection attempt failed.

Answer 1

I had same an issue.
Try to remove mongod.lock file from your Mongo data directory.
For example mine is "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Data\mongod.lock" and after deleting file start the MongoDB service and it's work like charm.

Answer 2

In case someone else is running into this problem, just read your Log files and you will be able to find the problem, for me after trying to install it inside wamp directory when I run the MongoDB service it gave me the same error message, I went to the logs and find out that I was missing a directory inside my data directory which is called db, once I have created this directory the service run perfectly.

Answer 3

MongoDB uses a default folder to store its files. On Windows, the default location is C:\data\db.
Maybe that folder doesn´t exist. In that case just creat it or change the default location of Mongo service using the --dbpath command-line flag.

Answer 4

So I just had the same problem, running on Windows 10. The reason why MongoDB didn't start was because the path to the data and logs was not correctly set. This has already been pointed out, but my solution is different. Look in C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin (or wherever your mongoDB is installed). There is a config file called mongod.cfg. Check that
storage:
dbPath:
and
systemLog:
path:
Is set to what you want. In my case, it was using environment variables %MONGODBPATH% or similar that was not set by Windows. By default, the log and data should point to C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\data and C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\log\mongod.log respectively.

Answer 5

There was a npm: in last line of mongodb configuration file which is located in the installation folder in the bin\mongod.cfg
I commented out that line and started the service and it is working like charm.
I concluded this by running the mongodb service command from windows command line(cmd) and I got an error.
I ran this to spot the error:
C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.2\bin\mongod.exe --config "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.2\bin\mongod.cfg" --service

Answer 6

mongod.lock deletion did not helped me, repair did not help either. In my case it was due to one of database happened to be corrupted, I moved all dbs to another directory and then copied them back one by one and re-starting mongodb service to figure out what db file is corrupted. It's definitely MongoDb bug

Answer 7

I had the same error message. Try to locate the mongodb log files and look at the last entries. My issue was clearly stated there, a missing directory :
2019-01-29T16:59:44.424+0100 I STORAGE [initandlisten] exception in
initAndListen: NonExistentPath: Data directory
C:\wamp64\bin\mongodb\mongodb-win32-x86_64-2008plus-ssl-3.6.10\data\db
not found., terminating

Answer 8

The advice of checking the log was what helped me. In this case:
The MongoDB service could not be started. A service specific error occurred: 100
turns out I had a problem with some databases created with WiredTiger while the mongod.cfg specified engine was: mmapv1
So I basically removed the content of the folder c:/data/db/ and then used the command net start MondoBD --repair and worked. Uffff it´s been 2 days.

Answer 9

I'm here a bit late, very late actually. But may it works something out for the ones facing this issue now. Mongodb configuration file in Windows OS is under 'C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\%YOUR MONGO VERSION%'.
I had changed this file and manipulated the bindip field, so I was getting the same error. It should be 127.0.0.1 or your machine's IP address which you can find it by 'ipconfig/all' command in cmd. So I fixed bindip and the service starts with no problems.

Answer 10

stuck on the same issue, but got the solution by hit and trial, just create a new folder for path "C:\data\db" then go to your command prompt and type 'mongod', your database server will start.

Answer 11

For me it was a port problem :
just search and kill the process using the port 27017
for linux : https://bobcares.com/blog/mongodb-error-code-48/
for windows : How do I kill the process currently using a port on localhost in Windows?

Answer 12

I have found out that Visual C++ Redistributable was missing in my Windows 7 Machine. After installing it worked.

Answer 13

For Windows 10 users
specify database location, if don't know create the below-mentioned directory and always use this
open cmd
mkdir C:\users\{username}\data
cd C:\users\{username}\data
mongod --dbpath .
start mongodb server
open cmd
mongod --dbpath C:\users\{username}\data
stop mongodb
open cmd
mongo
if server is running, run:
use admin
db.shutdownServer()
quit()

Answer 14

In my case, this happened because I did not stop MongoDB from docker. after I stopped the process the error was gone.

Answer 15

In my case, it was the docker with MongoDB running on the same port. So after I stopped the container, the service is then successfully starting.