How to start the MongoDB server on the system start

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How to start the MongoDB server on the system start

Step -1

First, open the terminal then login to the required server

Gives the below commands

 systemctl enable mongodb.service

Step -2

If you install MongoDB using the Advanced Packaging Tool (apt) then it'll configure your startup scripts to automatically run Mongo when the system boots.

These steps are following too, first configure apt to be able to download the Mongo package:

 sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 7F0CEB10
 vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Step -3

Add this line to sources.list then save the files

 deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen

Step -4

Then download and install Mongo with the apt-get utility:

 sudo apt-get update
 sudo apt-get upgrade
 sudo apt-get install mongodb-10gen

Step -5

If you want to make any changes to the config, edit your mongodb.conf and restart

 vi /etc/mongodb.conf
 sudo service mongod restart