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Ubuntu upstart script for MongoDB with automatic repair
# Ubuntu upstart file at /etc/init/mongodb.conf
pre-start script
mkdir -p /var/lib/mongodb/
mkdir -p /var/log/mongodb/
end script
start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [06]
script
ENABLE_MONGODB="yes"
if [ -f /etc/default/mongodb ]; then . /etc/default/mongodb; fi
if [ "x$ENABLE_MONGODB" = "xyes" ]; then
if [ -f /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock ]; then
rm /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock
sudo -u mongodb /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongodb.conf --repair
fi
exec start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --chuid mongodb --exec /usr/bin/mongod -- --config /etc/mongodb.conf
fi
end script
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shingara commented May 5, 2014

thanks. It's useful

@simon-p-r
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Thanks very helpful

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Israphel commented Jan 8, 2016

Thanks!

@slavikdev
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Thank you!
In my case after official installation instructions for Ubuntu config file was named /etc/mongod.conf

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