MongoDb 3.4 Replica set Fail after adding keyFile

[Bhargav Patel]

Hi,

I have created replicaset with mongodb which is working as expected after all i have re-install mongo and tried with authentication but it is not working. 

after adding 

       security:

           keyFile: path

After adding above line its always fail to restart. 

i have tried 400 and 600 permission. 

Here posting the log

mongod.service - SYSV: Mongo is a scalable, document-oriented database.

   Loaded: loaded (/etc/rc.d/init.d/mongod; bad; vendor preset: disabled)

   Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2017-10-30 15:18:23 PHT; 7s ago

     Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8)

  Process: 29434 ExecStop=/etc/rc.d/init.d/mongod stop (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)

  Process: 29492 ExecStart=/etc/rc.d/init.d/mongod start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Starting SYSV: Mongo is a scalable, document-oriented database....

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain runuser[29499]: pam_unix(runuser:session): session opened for user mongod by (uid=0)

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain runuser[29499]: pam_unix(runuser:session): session closed for user mongod

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain mongod[29492]: Starting mongod: [FAILED]

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: mongod.service: control process exited, code=exited status=1

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Failed to start SYSV: Mongo is a scalable, document-oriented database..

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: Unit mongod.service entered failed state.

Oct 30 15:18:23 localhost.localdomain systemd[1]: mongod.service failed.

Thanks,

Bhargav

[Kevin Adistambha]

Hi Bhargav

Could you post the relevant entries in the mongod logs? What you posted is the error from starting the service, which did not show why the service failed to start.

Also more information would be helpful:

• What is your MongoDB version and your OS version
• How did you install MongoDB
• What is your goal (creating a replica set, a sharded cluster, etc.)
• Regarding keyfile, did you follow the keyfile creation instruction in https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/deploy-replica-set-with-keyfile-access-control/#create-a-keyfile?

Best regards
Kevin

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