ERROR: dbpath does not exist
I set dbpath in mongodb config file:
#dbpath=/var/lib/mongodb
dbpath=~/data/dbThen try start mongodb but got error:
ERROR: dbpath (~/data/db) does not exist.Allthough I can check existance of ~/data/db easy:
# cd ~/data/db
user@server:~/data/db# pwd
/root/data/dbWhen I run it...
# mongod --dbpath ~/data/db... got output:
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.040 [initandlisten] MongoDB starting : pid=3786 port=27017 dbpath=/root/data/db 64-bit host=callzone2
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.040 [initandlisten] db version v2.4.6
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.040 [initandlisten] git version: b9925db5eac369d77a3a5f5d98a145eaaacd9673
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.041 [initandlisten] build info: Linux ip-10-2-29-40 2.6.21.7-2.ec2.v1.2.fc8xen #1 SMP Fri Nov 20 17:48:28 EST 2009 x86_64 BOOST_LIB_VERSION=1_49
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.041 [initandlisten] allocator: tcmalloc
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.041 [initandlisten] options: { dbpath: "/root/data/db" }
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] exception in initAndListen std::exception: locale::facet::_S_create_c_locale name not valid, terminating
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 dbexit:
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close listening sockets...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to flush diaglog...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close sockets...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: waiting for fs preallocator...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: lock for final commit...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: final commit...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: closing all files...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] closeAllFiles() finished
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 [initandlisten] shutdown: removing fs lock...
Tue Oct 15 05:05:49.044 dbexit: really exiting nowAnd client shows that server not started:
# mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.4.6
connecting to: test
Tue Oct 15 05:08:22.139 Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:145
exception: connect failedWhen I run in this way...
# sudo service mongodb restart... got output in mongo log file:
********************************************************************* ERROR: dbpath (~/data/db) does not exist. Create this directory or give existing directory in --dbpath. See
*********************************************************************
, terminating
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 dbexit:
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close listening sockets...
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to flush diaglog...
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] shutdown: going to close sockets...
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] shutdown: waiting for fs preallocator...
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] shutdown: lock for final commit...
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] shutdown: final commit...
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] shutdown: closing all files...
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 [initandlisten] closeAllFiles() finished
Tue Oct 15 05:10:39.311 dbexit: really exiting nowSo cannot change dbpath.
My ubuntu version:
# uname -a
Linux hostName 3.2.0-23-virtual #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 22:29:03 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux3 Answers
I solved the problem with :
sudo mongod --dbpath=/var/lib/mongodb and then mongo to access the mongodb Shell.
What user is MongoDB running as a service?
It is usually mongod or mongodb, not root - and in fact you should not run it as root in general. The default dbpath in Ubuntu is /var/lib/mongodb so it seems you have changed that in the config file to be ~/mongodb/db.
If you do that, the ~ will expand to be the home folder for the user that the service is running as. Hence you would need to create /home/mongodb/db or /home/mongod/db/, not /root/db, and make sure it is owned by the relevant user to use that setting.
I would recommend using a full path to eliminate the confusion. Create a folder like /data/mongodb/db or similar and make sure it has the correct ownership (see this answer for more on setting permissions appropriately).
In my experience mongodb is very picky about the locale, I had the same issues, try:
export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
locale-gen en_US.UTF-8
sudo service mongodb restart
