edX MongoDB connection error 111

Question

When I try to login to the edX Studio I always get a connection error:

ConnectionFailure at /home/
[Errno 111] Connection refused

Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://localhost:8001/home/
Django Version: 1.4.20
Exception Type: ConnectionFailure
Exception Value: [Errno 111] Connection refused

Exception Location: /edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymongo/mongo_client.py in __init__, line 369
Python Executable: /edx/app/edxapp/venvs/edxapp/bin/python
Python Version: 2.7.3

I've done my due diligence on Google and did the:

sudo rm /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock

sudo mongod --repair

sudo service mongodb start

and all it's variations and nothing did the trick.

Can somebody help me, please? Thanks for reading.

EDIT: The error occurs when I try to login to the edX Studio via: staff@example.com edx

I get a login success message on the server but immediately after that I get that error.

Check ports and firewall settings. Is the service indeed running on port 8001, is 8001 open? — Freek Wiekmeijer, May 27 '15 at 10:34
Actually I can open localhost:8001. I get that error when trying to login to the edX Studio with username: staff@example.com pass: edx — Vedran, May 27 '15 at 10:52
Did you check this page: https://github.com/edx/configuration/wiki/edX-Developer-Stack ? — Freek Wiekmeijer, May 27 '15 at 11:13

Vedran · Accepted Answer · 2017-03-28T10:37:58.310

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This did the trick:

sudo rm /edx/var/mongo/mongodb/mongod.lock
sudo -u mongodb mongod --dbpath /edx/var/mongo/mongodb --repair --repairpath /edx/var/mongo/mongodb
sudo start mongodb

I've got this from this site, many thanks to the author. In my case the last line was:

sudo start mongod

without the 'b' at the end.

Thanks everyone for your efforts!

UPDATE:

If you get this error sudo: /etc/init.d/mongod: command not found when running the script on Ubuntu 16.04. host, try this command:

sudo rm /edx/var/mongo/mongodb/mongod.lock && sudo mongod -repair --config /etc/mongod.conf && sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /edx/var/mongo/. && sudo systemctl start mongod.service

It's the same as the last one, except it's a one-liner and the last part is replaced with the systemctl start command.

edited Mar 28 '17 at 10:37

answered May 27 '15 at 11:25

Vedran

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Thanks for sharing solution. Most people don't share even after they solve problems on their own. – Jay Modi Sep 01 '15 at 06:40
@sherlock92, been there that's why I do it. No problem! :) – Vedran Sep 01 '15 at 08:15
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I literally just had this problem today. Thanks for sharing. – Kickasstimus May 20 '16 at 19:37
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Thanks Vedran. The last command worked fine in my case using the release ficus.3 – Luan Vo May 16 '17 at 14:50
Thanks for your answer save my time. – julian salas Sep 11 '17 at 03:03

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 02 '17 at 15:00

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This set of commands solved my problem (similar to Vedran's solution):

sudo rm /edx/var/mongo/mongodb/mongod.lock
sudo mongod -repair --config /etc/mongod.conf
sudo chown -R mongodb:mongodb /edx/var/mongo/.
sudo service mongod start

This happens always when you shutdown your pc with the vagrant machine running. So my recommendation is to perform a 'vagrant halt' before shutting down your host machine.

answered Mar 02 '17 at 15:00

Ignacio Vazquez

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precisely I turned off my laptopt without used vagrant halt. – julian salas Sep 11 '17 at 03:05

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 10 '18 at 09:55

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Execute this commands in vagrant

sudo rm /edx/var/mongo/mongodb/mongod.lock
sudo service mongod start

answered Jan 10 '18 at 09:55

Arpit Gandhi

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