Mongo 2.6.3 does not start on init - mongodb

On fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04, I have installed mongodb 2.6.3 from mongo package,
problem is, that it does not start on reboot. It starts normally when I do
sudo service mongod start
and there are no errors in log file.
but when I reboot, log file has no new entries and
service mongod status
produces
mongod stop/waiting
I have tried mongod --repair, with no effect. I have tried fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04, as I thought that my older many times upgraded OS might have something wrong with it, but nothing changed.
With older version mongo that comes from ubuntu package manager, everything was starting up nicely.
Can you please give some advice on where to look to fix this issue and make mongod start up when system is booted up. Thanks!

Had the same problem. In the log file there was an:
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Unclean shutdown detected
Please visit http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/repair for recovery instructions.
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To solve this error, I just removed the lock file and it worked again.
sudo rm /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock

I believe the issue is that mongo upstart job checks if mongo is installed by the package manager. You need to edit the upstart job to use the new from-source binary location (which I think is /opt/mongodb/bin/mongod).

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Installed docker and ran a container with mongodb, now brew's mongodb isn't working

I recently installed docker and ran a container with mongodb, now my local brew's mongodb isn't working.
I am using a mac and originally installed mongodb using homebrew. brew services list now shows the mongodb service as 'running' but in yellow (apparently this means unknown), and I cannot connect using mongochef. This began happening after only once stopping the service brew service stop mongodb, as it was preventing me from using docker with this project: https://meanjs.org/. I stopped the service because there was a conflict for the mongodb port. Now even after destroying all the docker containers, I can't get mongodb working on my machine. I have tried reinstalling mongodb using brew, and stopping and starting the service.
I have also tried deleting the file in /tmp as here:
MongoDB Failing to Start - ***aborting after fassert() failure
Any suggestions about where to look and what to do?
So this turned out to be one of those really annoying problems that comes up when you have a lot of other stuff to do. I am still not completely sure if it was one issue or multiple issues. If I was to try and fix it again though, this is the order I would go in:
I removed mongo completely and reinstalled (this finally fixed the mongodb service's status from being shown in yellow instead of in green), as here: https://gist.github.com/katychuang/10439243:
# checks to see if running
launchctl list | grep mongo
launchctl unload ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist
launchctl remove homebrew.mxcl.mongodb
pkill -f mongod
rm -f ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist
brew uninstall mongodb
# double check existence
ls -al /usr/local/bin/mong*
ls -al ~/Library/LaunchAgents
# this was mentioned in the comments
rm -R /usr/local/var/mongodb
However, I think my data was corrupted too. Unfortunately mongod --repair (mongodb error: how do I make sure that your journal directory is mounted) was saying it couldn't repair the data without running with --journaled but that didn't work either. So I deleted my databases in /data/db I didn't need them anyway because I have backups and just restored them easily.
Hope that can help anyone having similar issues.
Sidenote:
The mongod command on the command line gave some helpful output in tracking this down.
Also vim ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.mongodb.plist allowed me to see which command was being run:
<string>/usr/local/opt/mongodb/bin/mongod</string>
<string>--config</string>
<string>/usr/local/etc/mongod.conf</string>
This showed me that /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf was being used, and realising that whilst running /usr/local/opt/mongodb/bin/mongod was working, running:
/usr/local/opt/mongodb/bin/mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf was not working, helped me narrow the problem down

Can not run MongoDB using Ubuntu 14.04

I have installed mongoDB in my Ubuntu system but unable to start it.while i am running this service mongod start it throwing the following message.
start: Unknown job: mongod
Here i need to start the MongoDB. Please help me.
Looks like the mongod is not installed properly. Verify this by checking the presence of System V init script in location /etc/init.d/mongod. If not present, try installing the mongod again.

Can not start MongoDB windows service on Windows 7

I have installed MongoDB 3.0.3 as a windows service on Windows 7 using below command
mongod --dbpath "E:\MongoDB\Data\db" --logpath "E:\MongoDB\Data\log\mongodb.log" --install --serviceName "MongoDB.3.0.3" --serviceDisplayName "MongoDB 3.0.3"
I can see the entry in services.msc. But when I start the service i get below error
I tried reinstalling it and even restarting the PC but nothing worked.
I got the solution.
The reason for this error was unclear shutdown of service(my PC got restarted abruptly dues to some windows update last day). this corrupts the database files.
So I deleted all the files from "E:\MongoDB\Data\db" folder and it worked.

How to start mongdb in Linux mint?

I would like to ask on how to start mongodb in linux mint. I tried sudo service mongod start but it shows the error mongod: unrecognized service. Why is this happen. When I run the sudo service in ubuntu Linux there is no problem like this. BUt why its not work in Linux mint? Is there a solution for this?
I just installed Mongo DB in LinuxMint Sarah (18) and for me, the following command worked:
sudo service mongodb start.
Checking that it works can be done either by executing 'top' command or checking the log file in mongodb folder (instructions in the following link ---> https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/#run-mongodb-community-edition)
For stopping mongodb, the same command but typing stop 'sudo service mongodb stop'
In the previous link, both commands are included but without the 'b', maybe they just made a typing mistake :)

Stop: Unknown instance mongodb (Ubuntu)

I am new to Mongodb. When I run the following command:
sudo service mongodb start
It shows me "mongodb start/running, process 3566". But when I try to stop by giving the below command:
sudo service mongodb stop
It shows stop: Unknown instance:. Do anybody have any idea how to slove this issue.
And if I give sudo service mongodb restart, I'm getting the below message:
stop: Unknown instance:
mongodb start/running, process 3644
PS: If I'm using just mongod, I could start the server and could connect the mongo shell by giving mongo.
Please suggest me how to fix the issue and how to connect mongo shell after giving service mongodb start. Thanks in advance.
I just ran into this.
Chances are the issue is in your conf file (obviously, since you reinstalled the seeded)
In the mongodb.conf do not set fork = true if calling it as a service. This will prevent the service call from being able to access it with service mongodb.conf status/stop/restart.
Removing a fork=True line, however, will alleviate the issue.
See comments; use the other solution even though this one is accepted.
The reason you get the Unknown instance error is because upstart is tracking the wrong PID for the instance of forked mongod process. But the proper solution to this is not running the process in foreground by removing fork=true line from the config like #GoingTharn suggesting, but rather helping upstart to capture the right PID of the forked process by adding
expect daemon
to the /etc/init/mongodb.conf
I faced exactly the same problem and did the followings:
Removed the file mongod.lock (in my case this file was located at /var/lib/mongodb/)
Used the following command from my mongo client
mongo --repair
And that fixed the issue. It may be noted that I had a system crash prior to this problem appeared. Therefore, what I believe, the problem was caused due to the unclean shutdown of the server demon.
If you are unsure of the reason, you may wish to have a look at the log file (in my case I found it under /var/log/mongodb/). That might give you some useful hints.
Thanks.
I faced it as you had.Maybe it is because my computer crash unexpectedly.I use the command: sudo top(ubuntu), and I found mongo running.I killed it and start mongo.Every thing turns right.
I fixed it by myself. Below is what I did:
apt-get install mongodb
And overwrote .conf file. After that everything works fine. I hope this would help someone.