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Brian Patterson
19,588 PointsNot 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
Treehouse TeacherBrian;
It looks like you need to change permissions on the /data/db directory to allow write access.
Ken