Error starting mongod. /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid exists.

MongoDB Error

Error starting mongod. /var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid exists.

Solution

1. Create directory /data/db

mkdir -p /data/db

2. change permission

 chown -R mongod:mongod /data

3. edit /etc/mongod.conf  (use your favorite editor nano,vim)

change db path to /data/db

4. Now start the mongod

service mongod start