Mongo exit code 45, can't start mongod, MongoDB cannot open or obtain a lock on a file

Question

My Meteor application keeps crashing with this message when I type mrt (mrt should start the Meteor application):

Unexpected mongo exit code 45. Restarting.

Unexpected mongo exit code 45. Restarting.

Unexpected mongo exit code 45. Restarting.

Can't start mongod

MongoDB cannot open or obtain a lock on a file

Doing it with sudo mrt, it works.

I got to this error after fixing other erros. I fixed the errors I got before by typing:

sudo chmod -R 777 ./

Before, I had other errors. But now I do not know what it could be as there shouldn't be differences between root and my user in that directory.

For Non-Meteor users: Meteor has a little mongodb in its .meteor directory.

What could be the reason?

This is the requested output from ls -Rl .meteor/ | grep root executed as a normal user :

drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 local
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  220 Jan  3 11:51 packages
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drwxrwxrwx 4 root    root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 build
drwxrwxrwx 2 vagrant root 4096 Dec 29 12:39 db
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  151 Jan  3 19:59 main.js
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 programs
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  650 Jan  3 19:59 README
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 server
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  459 Jan  3 19:59 star.json
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 client
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 ctl
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 server
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root  4096 Jan  3 19:59 app
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  5836 Jan  3 19:59 app.html
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root  4096 Jan  3 19:59 packages
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16184 Jan  3 19:59 program.json
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 app
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 lib
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1429 Jan  3 19:59 main.css
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4153 Jan  3 19:59 main.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  395 Jan  3 19:59 template.main.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  337 Jan  3 19:59 template.templates.js
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 highlight.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17848 Jan  3 19:59 highlight.pack.js
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root  4096 Jan  3 19:59 styles
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 2552 Jan  3 19:59 default.css
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    1557 Jan  3 19:59 application-configuration.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     131 Jan  3 19:59 application-configuration.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   10296 Jan  3 19:59 autoupdate.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    4344 Jan  3 19:59 autoupdate.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   30962 Jan  3 19:59 check.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   13769 Jan  3 19:59 check.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   34115 Jan  3 19:59 deps.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   12796 Jan  3 19:59 deps.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   25408 Jan  3 19:59 domutils.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21692 Jan  3 19:59 ejson.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     125 Jan  3 19:59 follower-livedata.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   48406 Jan  3 19:59 geojson-utils.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   15990 Jan  3 19:59 geojson-utils.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     493 Jan  3 19:59 global-imports.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   37547 Jan  3 19:59 handlebars.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   16703 Jan  3 19:59 handlebars.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1202072 Jan  3 19:59 jquery.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  366987 Jan  3 19:59 jquery.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   58410 Jan  3 19:59 json.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21539 Jan  3 19:59 json.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  560614 Jan  3 19:59 livedata.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  189125 Jan  3 19:59 livedata.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   29655 Jan  3 19:59 liverange.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   27875 Jan  3 19:59 logging.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   10321 Jan  3 19:59 logging.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  102074 Jan  3 19:59 marked.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   33820 Jan  3 19:59 marked.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   82210 Jan  3 19:59 meteor.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   26826 Jan  3 19:59 meteor.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  323368 Jan  3 19:59 minimongo.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  121486 Jan  3 19:59 minimongo.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   39683 Jan  3 19:59 mongo-livedata.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   20462 Jan  3 19:59 ordered-dict.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    7503 Jan  3 19:59 ordered-dict.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   13636 Jan  3 19:59 page-js-ie-support.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    2558 Jan  3 19:59 preserve-inputs.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     471 Jan  3 19:59 preserve-inputs.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   21800 Jan  3 19:59 random.js
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    5176 Jan  3 19:59 reactive-dict.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   13728 Jan  3 19:59 router.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     661 Jan  3 19:59 session.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     114 Jan  3 19:59 spiderable.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     108 Jan  3 19:59 startup.js.map
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   47 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/tools/09b63f1ed5/lib/node_modules
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drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 ctl-helper
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 livedata
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 logging
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drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/packages/ctl-helper/d6214568fb/npm/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 59 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/packages/livedata/f69d9149dd/npm/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 58 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/packages/logging/04f04cd832/npm/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  14673 Jan  3 19:59 application-configuration.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   5102 Jan  3 19:59 application-configuration.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  29768 Jan  3 19:59 check.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  13747 Jan  3 19:59 check.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  21450 Jan  3 19:59 ctl-helper.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   8410 Jan  3 19:59 ctl-helper.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   5110 Jan  3 19:59 ctl.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  12774 Jan  3 19:59 deps.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  66343 Jan  3 19:59 ejson.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  21669 Jan  3 19:59 ejson.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  26264 Jan  3 19:59 follower-livedata.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9274 Jan  3 19:59 follower-livedata.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  47212 Jan  3 19:59 geojson-utils.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  15968 Jan  3 19:59 geojson-utils.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root    159 Jan  3 19:59 json.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     83 Jan  3 19:59 json.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 159409 Jan  3 19:59 livedata.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  38384 Jan  3 19:59 meteor.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   8277 Jan  3 19:59 random.js.map
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 146621 Jan  3 19:59 underscore.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  54534 Jan  3 19:59 underscore.js.map
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 app
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lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   47 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/tools/09b63f1ed5/lib/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 8 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 npm
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drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 app
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 lib
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4153 Jan  3 19:59 main.js
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 highlight.js
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drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 handlebars
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 livedata
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 logging
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 mongo-livedata
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 router
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 webapp
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 61 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/packages/handlebars/0a8b732b9d/npm/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 59 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/packages/livedata/f69d9149dd/npm/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 58 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/packages/logging/04f04cd832/npm/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 65 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /root/.meteor/packages/mongo-livedata/133ed3e7a3/npm/node_modules
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 main
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 51 Jan  3 19:59 node_modules -> /var/www/tk/packages/router/.build/npm/node_modules
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   9274 Jan  3 19:59 follower-livedata.js.map
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And here as root:

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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  151 Jan  3 19:59 main.js
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 programs
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drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 server
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  459 Jan  3 19:59 star.json
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 client
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 ctl
drwxrwxrwx 5 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 server
drwxrwxrwx 3 root root  4096 Jan  3 19:59 app
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16184 Jan  3 19:59 program.json
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drwxrwxrwx 3 root root 4096 Jan  3 19:59 lib
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 1429 Jan  3 19:59 main.css
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4153 Jan  3 19:59 main.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  395 Jan  3 19:59 template.main.js
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     131 Jan  3 19:59 application-configuration.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root     125 Jan  3 19:59 follower-livedata.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root  189125 Jan  3 19:59 livedata.js.map
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-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   27875 Jan  3 19:59 logging.js
-rwxrwxrwx 1 root root   10321 Jan  3 19:59 logging.js.map
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Iconium

sounds like a problem with permissions. Could you run ls -Rl .meteor/ | grep root and post the output. Probably your journal files are set to root. Once you run as root, there will be files that will belong to root. – Erubescence

Thank you for checking that. I posted the information according to your request. – Iconium

it should be obvious now that there are files owned by root that shouldn't be. – Erubescence

Why is that a problem if I set rights to 777 so that everyone can write? – Iconium

Answer 1

This is a list of steps to reinstall meteor and meteorite

Uninstall meteor

• sudo rm /usr/local/bin/meteor
• rm -rf ~/.meteor

Uninstall meteorite

• sudo mrt uninstall
• sudo mrt uninstall --system
• sudo chown -R `whoami` ~/.npm

The last command is to make sure that ~/.npm permissions are correct.

Install meteor

curl https://install.meteor.com | sh

Install meteorite

sudo -H npm install -g meteorite

Legist

This solution unfortunately doesn't solve the stated problem. It's great to have an uninstall procedure though. To be more precise, the error is mostly related to permissions with the Mongo database instance installed by Meteor. Removing everything Meteor could help, but didn't in my case. For the record, the problem is within a specific app. New Meteor apps do work OK – Lemmueu

Answer 2

MongoDb won't run in the Vagrant shared directory: https://gist.github.com/gabrielhpugliese/5855677

If you using Windows for your dev work, Meteor now has a Windows installer: http://win.meteor.com/

Nitrosyl

Which is good, but unfortunately doesn't fix the users problem. Plus if you type "meteor add-platform android" in Windows you are told it is not yet supported, so Meteor for windows is only partway there... – Monsignor

If a user is unable to run MongoDb in the Vagrant shared directory and the user needs to run Meteor (or another platform) within the Vagrant VM, then the user will have to use a work around such as copying the data to a non-shared folder within the Vagrant VM. I realize my answer is not a complete solution, but it points out a possible problem for using Meteor within Vagrant. – Nitrosyl

Answer 3

Mongo was killed without cleaning itself up. Try removing .meteor/local/db/mongod.lock. If that fails do an meteor reset.

Parcenary

Answer 4

There are files owned by root that shouldn't be. Run the following to set the ownership back to the current user (who I am assuming to be the one who is meant to run mrt):

sudo chown -R `whoami`:`groups | cut -d ' '  -f 1` *

Erubescence

It's great that I know get another error, so it seems to have solved the former one. I ran it inside the folder and there is, unfortunately, still a problem, I get: /home/vagrant/.meteor/tools/09b63f1ed5/lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:173, Error: EACCES, permission denied 'myAppFolderInWhichIRanTheCommand/packages/marked' at Object.fs.statSync (fs.js:684:18)... – Iconium

I just checked it: All rights in /home/vagrant are correctly set and myUser is owner of all files in there. – Iconium

Setting the ownership of the .meteor/local directory and everything under it fixed the problem for me. – Caelian

Can you provide an example @tsega? – Lemmueu

Assuming you're in your meteor app directory, sudo chown YOU_USER_NAME -R .meteor/local replace YOUR_USER_NAME with your actual user name so for me it would as follows, sudo chown tsega -R .meteor/local. If you want to see who actually owns the directories/files you can issue the command ls -l .meteor. – Caelian

Answer 5

I had the same problem.

First I changed permissions sudo chown -Rv <user> .meteor and then meteor reset.

Thorne

Answer 6

In my case it works, when running the meteor application as root-user.

su root 
meteor

Streamway

Answer 7

I was using meteor with docker and created meteor app in a mounted directory which was not under home directory. Resolved itself, when i created the app in a directory under home directory.

Microclimate

Answer 8

I use vagrant as development environment. When building application under /vagrant, this error always happens. When I switch to /home/vagrant, then this error is solved. I think this is caused by permission, but since /vagrant is also mapped by vagrant account, so there is no difference.

I still didn't figure out why.

Causalgia