Cannot access data dirctory on mongodb

Question

This is what happens after running the command $ mongod -dbpath /var/lib/mongodb/data/db:

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] MongoDB

starting : pid=4346 port=27017 dbpath=/var/lib/mongodb/data/db 64-bit host=era-Inspiron-5559

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] db version v3.4.2

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] git version: 3f76e40c105fc223b3e5aac3e20dcd026b83b38b

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.2g 1 Mar 2016

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] allocator: tcmalloc

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] modules: none

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] build environment:

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] distmod: ubuntu1604

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] distarch: x86_64

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten]
target_arch: x86_64

2017-02-12T14:39:18.644+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] options: { storage: { dbPath: "/var/lib/mongodb/data/db" } }

2017-02-12T14:39:18.645+0530 I STORAGE [initandlisten] exception in initAndListen: 29 Data directory /var/lib/mongodb/data/db not found., terminating

2017-02-12T14:39:18.645+0530 I NETWORK [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close listening sockets...

2017-02-12T14:39:18.645+0530 I NETWORK [initandlisten] shutdown: going to flush diaglog...

2017-02-12T14:39:18.645+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] now exiting

2017-02-12T14:39:18.645+0530 I CONTROL [initandlisten] shutting down with code:100

Please help.

does /var/lib/mongodb/data/db exist? do you have the required access rights to it? — Jaromanda X
no. it doesnt exist and idk how to make it. i am using ubuntu 16.04 — Eravatee Raje
congratulations, your edit has made the errors less readable — Jaromanda X
that is not a programming issue - you've asked in the wrong forum - try unix.stackexchange.com — Jaromanda X
"2017-02-12T14:39:18.645+0530 I STORAGE [initandlisten] exception in initAndListen: 29 Data directory /var/lib/mongodb/data/db not found., terminating " why is this happening? — Eravatee Raje

Atish Atish · Accepted Answer · 2017-02-12T09:40:10

You may need to follow following procedure:

Create a dbpath: mkdir -p /var/lib/mongodb/data/db
Allow required permissions: sudo chown mongodb:mongodb /var/lib/mongodb/data/db/ -R
Start mongodb from command line as: mongod -dbpath /var/lib/mongodb/data/db

Cannot access data dirctory on mongodb

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