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linuxmongodbserviceconfigurationstartup

How to start as a service on Linux with configuration file

I downloaded MongoDB from the website: https://www.mongodb.org/dl/linux/x86_64-rhel70

The version I downloaded: linux/mongodb-linux-x86_64-rhel70-3.6.9.tgz

I extracted the downloaded MongoDB package on my CentOS 7 machine and I am able to start Mongod using the binary.

I would like to start MongoDB as a service with a configuration file.

I know the command for the Windows side of things which is:

"C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin\mongod.exe" --config "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\mongod.cfg" –install

However, I do not know how to accomplish this on a Linux box?

Solution

  • If MongoDB doesn't install a service, you can make your own:

    1) Create a file in /etc/systemd/system/ called whatever you like, with .service as the file extension, like so MongoDB.service

    2) Write the following into that file: 

    [Unit]
Description=MongoDB Service

[Service]
ExecStart=<Path to binary along with arguments>

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

    3) To start the serivce call sudo systemctl start <your filename>.service