start mongodb and return to terminal

Question

I can start mongodb on terminal via command

./mongod

It starts the mongodb server and then display me information that server is running on this port. but It does not give my terminal back. How can I start mongodb and can get terminal back so mongodb is running the background.

Also how to shutdown if its running in background

Answer 1

Use

./mongod --fork

or

./mongod &

To shutdown you have to send it a TERM signal.

ps aux | grep mongod - to find a PID

kill -TERM PID - send it a TERM signal, and using the first example we can use the PID file:

kill -TERM $(cat /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid)

Also you can shut it down from the shell.

$ ./mongo
> use admin
> db.shutdownServer()

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And another method:

./mongod --fork --pidfilepath /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid

then (please notice the ticks around the cat)

kill -9 `cat /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid`