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[root@opmantek ~]# yum install mongodb-org

Provision MongoDB 3.2

Check what kinds of MongoDB configuration files are in /etc

[root@opmantek etc]# ls -l | grep mongo
-rw-r--r--   1 root root    1564 2015-09-11 10:00 mongod.conf
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     768 2017-02-02 02:07 mongod.conf.rpmnew

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[root@opmantek etc]# cp mongod.conf mongod.conf.backup

[root@opmantek etc]# cp mongod.conf.rpmnew mongod.conf

Provision MongoDB

Now make the following changes to mongod.conf

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--snip

# Where and how to store data.
storage:
  dbPath: /data/mongodb
  journal:
    enabled: true
#  engine:
#  mmapv1:
wiredTiger:
  engineConfig:
    cacheSizeGB: 8

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Delete temporary files associated with MongoDB

Remove any files in /tmp that look be be associated with MongoDB

If there is a mongod.pid file in /var/run/mongodb, then remove it.

If there is a /data/mongodb/mongod.lock file, then remove it.

Make sure that recursively /data/mongodb belongs to group mongod user mongod.

[root@opmantek ~]# chown -R mongod:mongod /data/mongodb/

Start MongoDB Service