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'mongod wiredTiger' on Ubuntu?

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Problem

I cannot use wiredTiger as a service for MongoDB.

I followed this step by step guide;

http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/release-notes/3.0-upgrade/

Step-1: Start 3.0 mongod.OK, I did.

Step-2: Export the data using mongodump. OK

Step-3: Create data directory for WiredTiger. OK - user permissions were adjusted.

Step-4: Restart the mongod with WiredTiger. OK

mongod --storageEngine wiredTiger --dbpath

And yes, mongod worked. But the Step-5 says that "Upload the exported data using mongorestore." However my console remains busy and says "waiting for connections on port 27017" because the last command does not include a service like service mongod start.

Then I tried editing my /etc/mongod.conf file to run as a service. But I couldn't. I added wiredTiger directory as dbpath but I guess I need to edit /etc/init/mongod.conf file because it contains some codes that change the permissions of the db directory.

After spending 8 hours, I don't think there's sufficient documentation to help,
so I'd like to ask;

What should I do in order to be able to use wiredTiger with MongoDB?

I'm wondering if there's anybody who has managed to achieve this?

console

Edit on 2015-04-01:
I tried change-storage-engine-to-wiredtiger section that is on the documentation.

Solution

I wasn't able to use wiredTiger upgrading MongoDB. However, at May 17 I uninstalled MongoDB 2.6 then installed MongoDB 3.0.3 . Immediate after the installation, I added storageEngine=wiredTiger on top of my mongod.conf file. Then I gave sudo service mongod start command and eventually I could.

Edit:

For fresh installed as directed by official documentation;

  • Open configuration file using sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf



  • Change the # engine line to engine: wiredTiger like the below



  • Run mongod using the command sudo service mongod start



.

# Where and how to store data.
storage:
  dbPath: /var/lib/mongodb
  journal:
    enabled: true
  engine: wiredTiger
#  mmapv1:
#  wiredTiger:


Edit:

If the current version is supported the wiredTiger;

  • Get the backup of the current database using mongodump command



  • Stop the mongod service using sudo service mongod stop command



  • Add storageEngine=wiredTiger text as the first line of mongod.conf file



  • Delete the all file on /var/lib/mongodb (or /data/db folder if used)



[This is important. Because MongoDB cannot convert the current MMAP db files to wiredTiger format]

  • Start the mongod service using sudo service mongod start command



  • Restore the database from the backup using [mongorestore][2] command



  • wiredTiger is being used...

Code Snippets

# Where and how to store data.
storage:
  dbPath: /var/lib/mongodb
  journal:
    enabled: true
  engine: wiredTiger
#  mmapv1:
#  wiredTiger:

Context

StackExchange Database Administrators Q#95864, answer score: 3

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