I'm running docker container in OSX using boot2docker. It is a latest Ubuntu image with mongo installed using official way from package mongodb-org.
I can perfectly run mongod from command line, but can't run it as a service.
When I'm trying to do sudo service mongod start it returns
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service mongod start
Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start mongod
I have tried to do start mongod which doesn't have any output. I have tried everything I found in Google, but no luck.
Meanwhile, I have tried to install MySQL using apt-get and I can perfectly run it as a service.
Also I have tried to install Mongo from Ubuntu's mongodb package which is a older version. Also no problem to run it as a service.
I suspect that there is something wrong with /etc/init.d/mongod script, but don't know exactly what.
Apprieciate any help.
The init-related commands on the Docker Ubuntu image are dummied out / not working because Upstart (/sbin/init) is not the first process started on the machine.
In general, any service which initializes using Upstart will not run properly in a Docker container unless you start the container with /sbin/init (you probably have to be using the ubuntu-upstart image, and make a bunch of tweaks to it too.)
If you really needed to do it this way, write a traditional init script for mongo and insert it using update-rc.d. Then, starting it with /sbin/service should work.
Why not just have the Dockerimage run mongod instead of init/shell/etc? "One process per container", right?
Use a Dockerfile to create your image, and set the CMD to:
CMD ["/usr/bin/mongod", "-f", "/etc/mongod.conf"]
Related
Getting access denied error while running the systemctl command in a pod.
Whenever try to start any service, for example, MySQL or tomcat server in a pod, it gives access denied error.
Is there any way by which I can run systemctl within a pod.
This is a problem related to Docker, not Kubernetes.
According to the page Run multiple services in a container in docker docs:
It is generally recommended that you separate areas of concern by
using one service per container
However if you really want to use a process manager, you can try supervisord, which allows you to use supervisorctl commands, similar to systemctl. The page above explains how to do that:
Here is an example Dockerfile using this approach, that assumes the
pre-written supervisord.conf, my_first_process, and my_second_process
files all exist in the same directory as your Dockerfile.
FROM ubuntu:latest
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y supervisor
RUN mkdir -p /var/log/supervisor
COPY supervisord.conf /etc/supervisor/conf.d/supervisord.conf
COPY my_first_process my_first_process
COPY my_second_process my_second_process
CMD ["/usr/bin/supervisord"]
That's a rather short question. The 'systemctl' command does try to talk to the systemd daemon which is not running in a pod by default (it could however). Running multiple services is yet another question about service management. It both cases it could help to use a tool like the docker-systemctl-replacement overwriting /usr/bin/systemctl and registering it as the init-CMD of the container.
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04, and I can't understand what's difference between using
sudo service mongod start
and
mongod
In mongodb official documentation here
said that to start mongodb just use sudo service mongod start, and its log stores in /var/log/mongodb. However, I try to run mongodb using mongod this way, log shows on terminal, and after I turn off the terminal, I can not find the log file.
It is confused.
sudo - Runs the command as root.
service - Manages the following program as a daemon (background process).
mongod - Obviously the MongoDB program in question.
start - A command that tells service what to do with the program in question.
Together, we get "I want to start mongod as a background process, and I want to run it as root so it has permission to do the things it needs to do". Running mongod by itself, however, runs the program in an ordinary fashion, i.e. as a foreground process. Typically you want to run it as a background process so that you're free to do other things, e.g. connecting to the database via shell access.
This is pretty simplified, but it should explain what you actually need to know at this point in time.
So this might be my Dockerfile:
FROM ubuntu:latest
RUN apt-get -y update && apt-get install -y mysql-server-5.6
RUN service mysql start
RUN service mysql status
It throws an error during the build that MySQL is not running, even though the previous command finished with a success. The deamons seem not to be able to be running between different commands in the Dockerfile.
This is an artificial example, but in my real Dockerfile I have lines which configure the database and they need to have a deamon running in the backgroud. The only solution to go around this that I found is to run:
RUN service mysql start && ./database_configure1.sh
RUN service mysql start && ./do_something_else_with_db.sh
and so on
But this is probably not the way to do it. Is there any better way to go about this?
Each RUN command within your Dockerfile runs within a different container, so here's the actual sequence of events:
service mysql start starts MySQL.
Then the container is stopped (MySQL is stopped).
Then a snapshot is taken.
Then a new container is launched using that snapshot.
service mysql status is run in the new container.
Of course, mysql isn't actually running in the latter container, so that fails.
So, instead, you need to do everything in a single build step. Usually, you'll want to do this by running a shell script within your container.
Here goes.
Your directory tree should look like this:
Dockerfile
do_stuff_with_mysql.sh
Then, in your Dockerfile, do:
ADD do_stuff_with_mysql.sh /
RUN chmod 755 /do_stuff_with_mysql.sh
RUN do_stuff_with_mysql.sh
And, in do_stuff_with_mysql.sh, you should have something that looks like this:
#!/bin/bash
set -o errexit
set -o nounset
service mysql start
./database_configure1.sh
./do_something_else_with_db.sh
service mysql stop
# you should loop on `service mysql status` to confirm MySQL is done shutting down
I have installed mongodb on a docker container together with openssh on ubuntu 14.04. The container is running with ssh but when I ssh into the container I get the following error when trying to start mongod.
root#430f9502ba2d:~# service mongod start
Rather than invoking init scripts through /etc/init.d, use the service(8)
utility, e.g. service mongod start
Since the script you are attempting to invoke has been converted to an
Upstart job, you may also use the start(8) utility, e.g. start mongod
Also start mongod does not affect anything.
Tried looking at this also Mongo daemon doesn't run by service mongod start without it helping.
mongod --config /your/path/to/mongod.conf doesn't seem to work also, just locks up.
The error below is standard as of course there is no mongod server running.
root#430f9502ba2d:/# mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.6.9
connecting to: test
2015-05-07T20:49:56.213+0000 warning: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017, reason: errno:111 Connection refused
2015-05-07T20:49:56.214+0000 Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 (127.0.0.1), connection attempt failed at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:146
exception: connect failed
The problem here is your approach. Docker does not have an init system like you are used to on traditional systems. What docker does is replace PID 1 with the process you specify in the CMD or ENTRYPOINT Dockerfile commands. For now, ignore ENTRYPOINT, because it replaces what your CMD is run with (normally, it's /bin/sh -c). You need to instruct docker to start your mongod service in your Dockerfile with the CMD command, like:
CMD usr/bin/mongod
And when you run your container, mongod will be your PID 1. Now, you're probably wondering at this point "But what about my SSH server?" and the answer is: Don't run an SSH server on your docker containers. There are some use cases where running an SSH server is okay, but almost all of the "normal" reasons (debug, C&C, etc) are nullified with the "best practice" for getting a shell on your container:
docker exec -it myContainer /bin/bash
This will drop you into a shell on your running container. The recommendation here for managing configuration and changes in your docker container is to use something like Ansible. However, remember that docker containers are ephemeral, and you shouldn't be restarting services and changing configuration state on them. If you need a config change, change the Dockerfile or config data, and then start a new container. Good luck! Here is a little more information on Dockerizing MongoDB, but keep in mind that the method described there alters the ENTRYPOINT in the Dockerfile, which is a little more involved and requires a better understanding of what's going on in Dockerfiles.
This is really helpful. I was trying to make old Ansible playbooks work with Docker by creating several blank containers and let Ansible do the rest.
It works through command
mongod --dbpath /var/lib/mongodb --smallfiles
I have an mongo 2.6+ installation running ubuntu 14.04 on which 'sudo service mongod start/stop/restart' works just fine.
Out of curiosity I started looking out for 'upstart' script of mongod inside /etc/init.d and much to my confusion the init script for mongod has no mention of any mongo related activity in it.
The exact contents of mongod inside /etc/init.d/mongod are as following:
http://pastebin.com/qvNTx74M#
Someone please help me understand what is going on here.
What you are seeing is that mongo's init script is symlinked to /lib/init/upstart-job so that /etc/init.d/monogod start is relayed to Upstart properly. The file you pastebinned has nothing to do with how mongo is started. Look at the file /etc/init/mongod.conf for the upstart config for mongo.