The following post explains steps I took to install and enable mongoDB 3.2.1 as a service running under CentOS 7.
Install development tools and libraries, download mongoDB and compile source, and install the compiled binaries:
$ sudo yum group install "Development Tools" $ sudo yum install scons $ sudo yum install glibc-static $ curl -O https://fastdl.mongodb.org/src/mongodb-src-r3.2.1.tar.gz $ tar zxvf mongodb-src-r3.2.1.tar.gz $ cd mongodb-src-r3.2.1 $ scons --ssl all $ sudo scons --prefix=/opt/mongo install
Set up a mongod account and relevant directories:
$ sudo groupadd --system mongod
$ sudo useradd --no-create-home --system --gid mongod --home-dir /var/lib/mongo --shell /sbin/nologin --comment 'mongod' mongod
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/mongo
$ sudo chown -R mongod:mongod /var/lib/mongo
$ sudo chmod 0755 /var/lib/mongo/
$ sudo mkdir -p /var/{run,log}/mongodb/
$ sudo chown mongod:mongod /var/{run,log}/mongodb/
$ sudo chmod 0755 /var/{run,log}/mongodb/
$ sudo mkdir -p /data/db
$ sudo chown -R mongod:mongod /data/db
$ sudo chmod -R o+w /data/db
Copy over mongod.conf and mongod.service configuration files with modifications for our setup:
$ sudo cp rpm/mongod.conf /etc/mongod.conf $ sudo cp rpm/mongod.service /lib/systemd/system/mongod.service $ sudo sed -i -e 's\/usr/local/bin/mongod\/opt/mongo/bin/mongod\' /lib/systemd/system/mongod.service
Reload daemon templates, and start and enable the mongoDB service:
$ sudo systemctl --system daemon-reload $ sudo systemctl start mongod.service $ sudo systemctl enable mongod.service
Confirm that the service is running properly:
$ sudo systemctl status mongod.service
● mongod.service - High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2016-01-27 14:33:39 PST; 9min ago
Main PID: 116789 (mongod)
CGroup: /system.slice/mongod.service
└─116789 /opt/mongo/bin/mongod --quiet -f /etc/mongod.conf run
Jan 27 14:33:39 example.com systemd[1]: Started High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database.
Jan 27 14:33:39 example.com systemd[1]: Starting High-performance, schema-free document-oriented database...
Jan 27 14:33:39 example.com mongod[116787]: about to fork child process, waiting until server is ready for connections.
Jan 27 14:33:39 example.com mongod[116787]: forked process: 116789
Jan 27 14:33:39 example.com mongod[116787]: child process started successfully, parent exiting
You can also check the file /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid for a valid process ID value. Sometimes it might be necessary to create the parent folder so that the PID can be created:
$ sudo mkdir /var/run/mongodb/
You could also check the mongoDB log for other errors:
$ tail /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
If the mongod service is not active, double-check that folders are named correctly in configuration and service files, and that permissions and ownership are set correctly on those folders. If anything is not named and attributed correctly, then the service will likely not start and note something like the following error:
about to fork child process, waiting until server is ready for connections. forked process: 1234 ERROR: child process failed, exited with error number 1
I hope this helps others with setting up mongoDB under CentOS — good luck!