I have just installed MongoDB community edition via apt. It installed without issue, but did not install the start-up script in /etc/init.d for some reason. So I had to install it manually:
create the following content in the file /etc/init.d/mongod
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#!/bin/sh
#
# init.d script with LSB support.
#
# Copyright (c) 2007 Javier Fernandez-Sanguino <jfs@debian.org>
#
# This is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2,
# or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License with
# the Debian operating system, in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL; if
# not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place,
# Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
#
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: mongod
# Required-Start: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
# Required-Stop: $network $local_fs $remote_fs
# Should-Start: $named
# Should-Stop:
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: An object/document-oriented database
# Description: MongoDB is a high-performance, open source, schema-free
# document-oriented data store that's easy to deploy, manage
# and use. It's network accessible, written in C++ and offers
# the following features:
#
# * Collection oriented storage - easy storage of object-
# style data
# * Full index support, including on inner objects
# * Query profiling
# * Replication and fail-over support
# * Efficient storage of binary data including large
# objects (e.g. videos)
# * Automatic partitioning for cloud-level scalability
#
# High performance, scalability, and reasonable depth of
# functionality are the goals for the project.
### END INIT INFO
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin
DAEMON=/usr/bin/mongod
DESC=database
NAME=mongod
# Defaults. Can be overridden by the /etc/default/$NAME
# Other configuration options are located in $CONF file. See here for more:
# http://dochub.mongodb.org/core/configurationoptions
CONF=/etc/mongod.conf
PIDFILE=/var/run/$NAME.pid
ENABLE_MONGOD=yes
# Include mongodb defaults if available.
# All variables set before this point can be overridden by users, by
# setting them directly in the defaults file. Use this to explicitly
# override these values, at your own risk.
if [ -f /etc/default/$NAME ] ; then
. /etc/default/$NAME
fi
# Handle NUMA access to CPUs (SERVER-3574)
# This verifies the existence of numactl as well as testing that the command works
NUMACTL_ARGS="--interleave=all"
if which numactl >/dev/null 2>/dev/null && numactl $NUMACTL_ARGS ls / >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
then
NUMACTL="`which numactl` -- $NUMACTL_ARGS"
DAEMON_OPTS=${DAEMON_OPTS:-"--config $CONF"}
else
NUMACTL=""
DAEMON_OPTS="-- "${DAEMON_OPTS:-"--config $CONF"}
fi
if test ! -x $DAEMON; then
echo "Could not find $DAEMON"
exit 0
fi
if test "x$ENABLE_MONGOD" != "xyes"; then
exit 0
fi
. /lib/lsb/init-functions
STARTTIME=1
DIETIME=10 # Time to wait for the server to die, in seconds
# If this value is set too low you might not
# let some servers to die gracefully and
# 'restart' will not work
DAEMONUSER=${DAEMONUSER:-mongodb}
DAEMONGROUP=${DAEMONGROUP:-mongodb}
set -e
running_pid() {
# Check if a given process pid's cmdline matches a given name
pid=$1
name=$2
[ -z "$pid" ] && return 1
[ ! -d /proc/$pid ] && return 1
cmd=`cat /proc/$pid/cmdline | tr "\000" "\n"|head -n 1 |cut -d : -f 1`
# Is this the expected server
[ "$cmd" != "$name" ] && return 1
return 0
}
running() {
# Check if the process is running looking at /proc
# (works for all users)
# No pidfile, probably no daemon present
[ ! -f "$PIDFILE" ] && return 1
pid=`cat $PIDFILE`
running_pid $pid $DAEMON || return 1
return 0
}
start_server() {
# Recommended ulimit values for mongod or mongos
# See http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/ulimit/#recommended-settings
#
ulimit -f unlimited
ulimit -t unlimited
ulimit -v unlimited
ulimit -n 64000
ulimit -m unlimited
# In dash, ulimit takes -p for maximum user processes
# In bash, it's -u
if readlink /proc/$$/exe | grep -q dash
then
ulimit -p 64000
else
ulimit -u 64000
fi
# Start the process using the wrapper
start-stop-daemon --background --start --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
--make-pidfile --chuid $DAEMONUSER:$DAEMONGROUP \
--exec $NUMACTL $DAEMON $DAEMON_OPTS
errcode=$?
return $errcode
}
stop_server() {
# Stop the process using the wrapper
start-stop-daemon --stop --quiet --pidfile $PIDFILE \
--retry 300 \
--user $DAEMONUSER \
--exec $DAEMON
errcode=$?
return $errcode
}
force_stop() {
# Force the process to die killing it manually
[ ! -e "$PIDFILE" ] && return
if running ; then
kill -15 $pid
# Is it really dead?
sleep "$DIETIME"s
if running ; then
kill -9 $pid
sleep "$DIETIME"s
if running ; then
echo "Cannot kill $NAME (pid=$pid)!"
exit 1
fi
fi
fi
rm -f $PIDFILE
}
case "$1" in
start)
log_daemon_msg "Starting $DESC" "$NAME"
# Check if it's running first
if running ; then
log_progress_msg "apparently already running"
log_end_msg 0
exit 0
fi
if start_server ; then
# NOTE: Some servers might die some time after they start,
# this code will detect this issue if STARTTIME is set
# to a reasonable value
[ -n "$STARTTIME" ] && sleep $STARTTIME # Wait some time
if running ; then
# It's ok, the server started and is running
log_end_msg 0
else
# It is not running after we did start
log_end_msg 1
fi
else
# Either we could not start it
log_end_msg 1
fi
;;
stop)
log_daemon_msg "Stopping $DESC" "$NAME"
if running ; then
# Only stop the server if we see it running
errcode=0
stop_server || errcode=$?
log_end_msg $errcode
else
# If it's not running don't do anything
log_progress_msg "apparently not running"
log_end_msg 0
exit 0
fi
;;
force-stop)
# First try to stop gracefully the program
$0 stop
if running; then
# If it's still running try to kill it more forcefully
log_daemon_msg "Stopping (force) $DESC" "$NAME"
errcode=0
force_stop || errcode=$?
log_end_msg $errcode
fi
;;
restart|force-reload)
log_daemon_msg "Restarting $DESC" "$NAME"
errcode=0
stop_server || errcode=$?
# Wait some sensible amount, some server need this
[ -n "$DIETIME" ] && sleep $DIETIME
start_server || errcode=$?
[ -n "$STARTTIME" ] && sleep $STARTTIME
running || errcode=$?
log_end_msg $errcode
;;
status)
log_daemon_msg "Checking status of $DESC" "$NAME"
if running ; then
log_progress_msg "running"
log_end_msg 0
else
log_progress_msg "apparently not running"
log_end_msg 1
exit 1
fi
;;
# MongoDB can't reload its configuration.
reload)
log_warning_msg "Reloading $NAME daemon: not implemented, as the daemon"
log_warning_msg "cannot re-read the config file (use restart)."
;;
*)
N=/etc/init.d/$NAME
echo "Usage: $N {start|stop|force-stop|restart|force-reload|status}" >&2
exit 1
;;
esac
exit 0
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then you can start it using:
service mongod start
or
/etc/init.d/mongod start
