How to stop and start MongoDB Server

In this article, we will see how to stop and start MongoDB Server on Linux and Windows Operating Systems. We have different ways to stop MongoDB server. First we will see the methods to stop MongoDB Server.

How to Stop MongoDB Server on Linux and Windows Servers:

a). How to stop MongoDB on Linux:

1) Shutdown from Mongo Shell on Linux: We must issue the shutdown command against the admin database

 use admin
db.shutdownServer()

2) Shutdown MongoDB server from services.

systemctl stop mongod.service

3) By using conf file.

sudo sudo mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf --shutdown

4) By killing Linux process ID:
command on Linux shell:

ps -edaf | grep mongo | grep -v grep

Output:

root@mongodb2:~# ps -edaf | grep mongo | grep -v grep
avahi       696      1  0 10:10 ?        00:00:00 avahi-daemon: running [mongodb2.local]
mongodb    2409      1 21 10:57 ?        00:00:01 /usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf

kill 2409

5) Running from Linux shell with mongo command.
Run either of below ones

mongo admin --eval "db.shutdownServer()"

or

mongo --eval "db.getSiblingDB('admin').shutdownServer();quit()"

Output:

root@mongodb2:~# mongo --eval "db.getSiblingDB('admin').shutdownServer();quit()"
MongoDB shell version v4.2.1
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb
Implicit session: session { "id" : UUID("9fa6ca5a-df92-433c-b15c-00ce9a4df2c5") }
MongoDB server version: 4.2.1
2019-11-16T10:59:38.348-0800 I  NETWORK  [js] DBClientConnection failed to receive message from 127.0.0.1:27017 - HostUnreachable: Connection closed by peer
server should be down...
root@mongodb2:~#

b). How to stop MongoDB on Windows:

1) Open the command prompt as administrator and execute below command.
net stop MongoDB
or
2)goto services.msc Then scroll down until MongoDB Server. Right click on it select Stop.

How to Start MongoDB Server on Linux and Windows Servers:

a). How to start MongoDB on Linux:
Use any of these commands to start MongoDB Server on Linux

systemctl start mongod.service
service mongod start
sudo systemctl start mongod.service
sudo service mongod start

strong class=”strong”>b). How to start MongoDB on Windows:

1) Open the command prompt as administrator and execute below command.
net start MongoDB
or
2)goto services.msc Then scroll down until MongoDB Server. Right click on it select Start.

How to check MongoDB Server status on Linux and Windows Servers:

On Linux:

systemctl tatus mongod.service
service mongod tatuss
sudo systemctl status mongod.service
sudo service mongod status

So in this article, we have explained different methods to stop and start the MongoDB on Linux and Windows operating Systems.