u/rpnchlr — reddlx

so i was using mongodb for some project and when its time to use it it didnt connect i thought it was just bcz the server isn't running so normally i went to start the server. and got this.

➜  src git:(main) ✗ systemctl status mongod    
× mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; disabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2026-05-05 13:09:19 IST; 3s ago
   Duration: 61ms
       Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual
    Process: 188169 ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf (code=exited, status=14)
   Main PID: 188169 (code=exited, status=14)
        CPU: 35ms

May 05 13:09:19 Ubuntu systemd[1]: Started mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server.
May 05 13:09:19 Ubuntu mongod[188169]: {"t":{"$date":"2026-05-05T13:09:19.067+05:30"},"s":"I",  "c":"-",        "id":8991200, "ctx":"m&gt;
May 05 13:09:19 Ubuntu mongod[188169]: {"t":{"$date":"2026-05-05T13:09:19.069+05:30"},"s":"I",  "c":"CONTROL",  "id":7484500, "ctx":"m&gt;
May 05 13:09:19 Ubuntu systemd[1]: mongod.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=14/n/a
May 05 13:09:19 Ubuntu systemd[1]: mongod.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
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i am running ubuntu 24.04 lts.