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MongoDB systemd service unit configuration
[Unit]
Description=MongoDB Database Service
Wants=network.target
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=always
User=mongodb
Group=mongodb
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
@Auze
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Auze commented Jan 13, 2021

if relevant, here for CentOS 7.8 :

[Unit]
Description=MongoDB Database Service
Wants=network.target
After=network.target

[Service]
Type=forking
PIDFile=/var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
ExecStartPre=/bin/mkdir -p /var/lib/mongo
ExecStartPre=/bin/chown mongod:mongod /var/lib/mongo
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf
ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
Restart=always
User=mongod
Group=mongod
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

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mongodb.service
Loaded: masked (Reason: Unit mongodb.service is masked.)
Active: failed (Result: signal) since Wed 2021-04-28 10:04:49 CAT; 44min a>
Main PID: 6242 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)

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