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I try to setup a Replica Set on Ubuntu 14.04 x64. First error I run into when trying 

$ sudo mongod --port 27017 --replSet rs0:

replSet can't get local.system.replset config from self or any seed (EMPTYCONFIG)

I read that > rs.initiate() solves that issue, so I do 

$ sudo service mongod start
$ mongo
rs.initiate()

which throws:

{ "ok" : 0, "errmsg" : "server is not running with --replSet" }

So if I can't start mongod with --replSet how can I solve the error within rs.initiate() which I need to solve the first error? It's like a vicious circle!

styvane
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2 Answers2

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Solved the problem by using a second command shell:

console1:

$ sudo mongod --port 27017 --replSet rs0

console2:

$ mongo
  > rs.initiate()
Senju
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you can set this replSet in /etc/mongodb.conf file,

# Replication
replication:
   replSetName: rs0

#fork
processManagement:
   fork: true

Fork for running in background.

Now start mongod,

mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf

To check the process status,

ps aux | grep mongod

Refer : https://docs.mongodb.org/manual/administration/configuration/

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