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Databases Mongo Basics Getting Started With MongoDB Setting Up MongoDB

Brian Patterson
Brian Patterson
19,588 Points

Not sure if Mongo is running?

Not sure if Mongo is running or not.

mongod
2018-03-16T10:50:32.855+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] MongoDB starting : pid=3883 port=27017 dbpath=/data/db 64-bit host=Brian-Pattersons-iMac.local
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] db version v3.6.3
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] git version: 9586e557d54ef70f9ca4b43c26892cd55257e1a5
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.0.2n  7 Dec 2017
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] allocator: system
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] modules: none
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] build environment:
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]     distarch: x86_64
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten]     target_arch: x86_64
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] options: {}
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I STORAGE  [initandlisten] exception in initAndListen: IllegalOperation: Attempted to create a lock file on a read-only directory: /data/db, terminating
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] now exiting
2018-03-16T10:50:32.856+0000 I CONTROL  [initandlisten] shutting down with code:100

1 Answer

Ken Alger
STAFF
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Brian;

It looks like you need to change permissions on the /data/db directory to allow write access.

Ken