Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.servic

Question

I follow all the steps mention in mongodb installation documents.

for ubuntu 16.04

steps 1:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 2930ADAE8CAF5059EE73BB4B58712A2291FA4AD5

steps 2:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu xenial/mongodb-org/3.6 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.6.list

steps 3:

sudo apt-get update

steps 4:

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

steps 5:

sudo service mongod start

when i started mongodb got an error as

"Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found." please help me to solve this.

Answer 1

I got the same error for a long while, tried almost all installation isntruciton on google but could not find te answer...

I followed the instructions from https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/ but keep getting the error Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found

I firstly installed using: sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org Then noticed that wher I run:

$ sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools
The following NEW packages will be installed
  mongodb-org mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools
0 to upgrade, 4 to newly install, 0 to remove and 46 not to upgrade.
Need to get 0 B/40.1 MB of archives.
After this operation, 178 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-shell.
(Reading database ... 379307 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-shell_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org-shell (4.0.3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-mongos.
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-mongos_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org-mongos (4.0.3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-tools.
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-tools_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org-tools (4.0.3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org (4.0.3) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-shell (4.0.3) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-mongos (4.0.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-tools (4.0.3) ...
Setting up mongodb-org (4.0.3) ...


$ mongod --version
db version v2.6.12
2018-10-26T12:03:12.362+0200 git version: d73c92b1c85703828b55c2916a5dd4ad46535f6a

The db version was 2.6.12 instead of the latest one 4.0.3. So make sure you dont have mongodb-org-server already installed, if yes, then make sure you uupdate it to your target version (as indicated @https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-ubuntu/ -> Step 4 - Install a specific release of MongoDB.)

target_version = 4.0.3

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org=target_version mongodb-org-server=target_version mongodb-org-shell=target_version mongodb-org-mongos=target_version mongodb-org-tools=target_version

$ sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org=4.0.3 mongodb-org-server=4.0.3 mongodb-org-shell=4.0.3 mongodb-org-mongos=4.0.3 mongodb-org-tools=4.0.3
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed
  mongodb-org mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools
The following packages will be upgraded:
  mongodb-org-server
1 to upgrade, 4 to newly install, 0 to remove and 45 not to upgrade.
Need to get 15.7 MB/55.8 MB of archives.
After this operation, 217 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.0/multiverse amd64 mongodb-org-server amd64 4.0.3 [15.7 MB]
Fetched 15.7 MB in 2s (6,289 kB/s)                 
Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-shell.
(Reading database ... 379306 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-shell_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org-shell (4.0.3) ...
**Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-server_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Failed to stop mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not loaded.
invoke-rc.d: initscript mongod, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: warning: old mongodb-org-server package pre-removal script subprocess returned error exit status 5
dpkg: trying script from the new package instead ...
dpkg: ... it looks like that went OK
Unpacking mongodb-org-server (4.0.3) over (2.6.12) ...**
Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-mongos.
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-mongos_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org-mongos (4.0.3) ...
Selecting previously unselected package mongodb-org-tools.
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org-tools_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org-tools (4.0.3) ...
Preparing to unpack .../mongodb-org_4.0.3_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking mongodb-org (4.0.3) ...
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-shell (4.0.3) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-mongos (4.0.3) ...
Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.3) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.8.3-2ubuntu0.1) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-tools (4.0.3) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-server (4.0.3) ...
Installing new version of config file /etc/mongod.conf ...
Setting up mongodb-org (4.0.3) ...

and after doing this its all working for me :D

Answer 2

You are missing a 'b' I think?

sudo service mongod start

should be

sudo service mongodb start

I think this is the case?

Answer 3

The following steps helped me solve the problem of not being able to start mongodb on Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS

Step 1: First, remove MongoDB from previous if installed:

sudo apt remove --autoremove mongodb-org

Step 2: Remove any mongodb repo list files:

sudo rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb*.list
sudo apt update

Step 3: Import the public key used by the package management system:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 9DA31620334BD75D9DCB49F368818C72E52529D4

Step 4: Create a list file for MongoDB:

echo "deb [ arch=amd64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu bionic/mongodb-org/4.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.0.list

Step 5: Reload local package database:

sudo apt-get update

Step 6: Install the MongoDB packages:

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

Step 7: Start MongoDB:

sudo service mongod start

Step 8: Begin using MongoDB:

mongo

Hope it helps you.

Answer 4

Just follow the below commands. This has worked for me.

1. Uninstall your mongo completely from your system:

   sudo service mongod stop
   sudo apt-get purge mongodb-org
   sudo rm -r /var/log/mongodb
   sudo rm -r /var/lib/mongodb
   

2. Now reinstall mongodb using following commands:

   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install -y mongodb**
   

   Note: The database server is automatically started after installation.

3. Next, let's verify that the server is running and works correctly.

   sudo systemctl status mongodb
   

   You'll see this output:

   mongodb.service - An object/document-oriented database
   Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/mongodb.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Sat 2018-05-26 07:48:04 UTC; 2min 17s ago
   Docs: man:mongod(1)
   Main PID: 2312 (mongod)
   Tasks: 23 (limit: 1153)
   CGroup: /system.slice/mongodb.service
      └─2312 /usr/bin/mongod --unixSocketPrefix=/run/mongodb --config /etc/mongodb.conf**
   

Answer 5

Most probably unit mongodb.service is masked. Use following command to unmask it.

sudo systemctl unmask mongodb

and re-run

sudo service mongod start

Answer 6

Failed to start mongod.service: Unit mongod.service not found

If you are following the official doc and are coming across with the error above that means mongod.service is not enabled yet on you machine (I am talking about Ubuntu 16.04). You need to do that using following command

sudo systemctl enable mongod.service

Now you can start mongodb using the following command

sudo service mongod start