Mongodb service start failed journal memory

The 'Ubuntu default' is only used when you point it at the config file (if you start using the service command, this is done for you behind the scenes). that is why you got the error about not being able to find that folder.

When you run sudo mongod it does not load a config file at all, it literally starts with the compiled in defaults - port 27017, database path of /data/db etc. OK, this all comes down to permissions, but let's take it step by step. etc/init/nf runs: mongodb -exec /usr/bin/mongod -config /etc/nf I checked the upstart scripts and they seem fine. I am at a loss as to what could be wrong. 'test' is not the correct database, and nothing appears in the log file. Looks good so far, but the mongo server did not start. So, I cancel out of that and try to run as a service: > sudo status mongodb I can switch to another shell, log into mongo shell, see the databases and run queries. The server starts up fine and output is logged to the log file: /var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log. Seems like mongod is not finding the conf file. In nf the database path is specified as the Ubuntu 10gen default /var/lib/mongodb which is where the db is located. I get an error that it can't find /data/db, which is not where the database is. MongoDB on Ubuntu won't start as a service, nothing in the logДЄm running MongoDB 2.2 on Ubuntu and if I run: sudo mongod

Mongodb service start failed journal memory