MongoDB - couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017, caused by :Connection refused : connect@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:374:17

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I installed mongodb with homebrew and i use Mac OS Big Sur when I start mongo db with

$ brew services start mongodb-community

It says that mongodb it successfully started but when i run

$ brew services list

The status of mongodb-community is "error" and if I try to type the command "mongo" in the cmd it gave me the problem explained in the title of this question:

MongoDB shell version v4.4.3 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb 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 : connect@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:374:17 @(connect):2:6 exception: connect failed exiting with code 1

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mongodbhomebrew
check mongo service log file and see if the server has started or not. – Akash Patel
How can i check this file? – Elisa
check here for log file path – Akash Patel
when i try /opt/homebrew/var/log/mongodb it returns no such file or directory – Elisa
check log file path in mongod.conf file. location of .conf file is also mentioned in the above link. – Akash Patel

1 Answers

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I ran the following in command line to fix the problem.

mongod --dbpath /usr/local/var/mongodb

this was directly after a re-install.

The error message that clued me in was:

{"t":{"$date":"2021-04-22T11:33:48.608-04:00"},"s":"E", "c":"STORAGE", "id":20557, "ctx":"initandlisten","msg":"DBException in initAndListen, terminating","attr":{"error":"NonExistentPath: Data directory /data/db not found. Create the missing directory or specify another path using (1) the --dbpath command line option, or (2) by adding the 'storage.dbPath' option in the configuration file."}}

more specifically

"error":"NonExistentPath: Data directory /data/db not found. Create the missing directory or specify another path using (1) the --dbpath command line option, or (2) by adding the 'storage.dbPath' option in the configuration file."