Start mongod service at system startup

Question

I recently updated mongodb, and I run Linux Mint (an Ubuntu based system) and every time I start it up, i cannot use Robomongo because the service mongod is not automatically started; every time I need to open up a terminal and use

sudo service mongod start

Is there a way to start mongod automatically at system start?

`sudo systemctl enable mongod && sudo systemctl start mongod` — molaga, Nov 15 '16 at 09:11
there's no systemctl on ubuntu (mint), I tried the equivalent `sudo update-rc.d -f foo_service remove` and `sudo update-rc.d foo_service defaults` that's strange, it works on reboot, but ater turning off the pc and restarting it the day after, it doesn't work anymore. — Don Diego, Nov 17 '16 at 09:30

score 52 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '18 at 13:06

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Use the following command to autostart mongodb when system start.

systemctl enable mongod.service

answered Jan 02 '18 at 13:06

Yeshu Kochher

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there's no systemctl on ubuntu (mint) – Don Diego Apr 17 '18 at 07:40
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Works for debian – Harshal Yeole Dec 18 '18 at 07:34
Yeah, but I asked for linux mint, not for debian. – Don Diego Mar 19 '20 at 12:14
I used this command but it seems run without any error message, however I typed "mongo" I got this error:MongoDB shell version v4.2.8 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb 2020-07-12T19:33:16.990+0430 E QUERY [js] Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017, connection attempt failed: SocketException: Error connecting to 127.0.0.1:27017 :: caused by :: Connection refused : – Navid Jul 12 '20 at 15:07
@PredatorX ```systemctl start mongod``` and after that: ```mongo``` – hdoitc Mar 26 '21 at 15:00
@Don Diego I'm using ubuntu (mint), it has the `systemctl` command. – Eric May 06 '21 at 10:24
@Eric yeah thank you, I asked it 5 years ago. – Don Diego May 21 '22 at 11:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '16 at 08:43

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You can either put the command in your /etc/bashrc script under and if condition i.e. if the mongod process is not already running, then start it.

Other way is to modify your /etc/rc.local and add the command to start mongod in that file. It will start at bootup.

answered Nov 15 '16 at 08:43

Farhad

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at last I used the second option, since I opened `/etc/bash.bashrc` (I don't have a `bashrc` file) and I found it way too complex to edit. Thanks! – Don Diego Nov 15 '16 at 09:31
that's strange, it works on reboot, but ater turning off the pc and restarting it the day after, it doesn't work anymore. Don't know why! – Don Diego Nov 17 '16 at 09:31

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 29 '21 at 23:56

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Using crontab on Ubuntu 20 you can try this.

crontab -e

And input this as a crontab entry

@reboot service mongod start

answered Aug 29 '21 at 23:56

Lelouch

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Start mongod service at system startup

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