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ViewsMongoDB docker container "Failed to unlink socket file"
I have MongoDB as docker container When I restarted the server and tried to start the container it kept restarting forever.
I got the container log as follows
The main problem is
Failed to unlink socket file /tmp/mongodb-27017.sock Operation not permitted
I found many solutions to this problem, but all of them are based on the idea that I'm using the mongod service, which isn't my case.
I'm using a docker container and I can't run commands on this container until it is running. Sadly this error doesn't let the container start and keeps restarting.
I found the issue on the official bug tracker of MongoDB since version 3.6, but also it doesn't have any solution.
I also found a similar question on DigitalOcean support with no luck to find a solution.
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Warning!! When you create a MogoDB container, You should always link the directory
/data/dbinside your container to be on the host usingVolumes.
In case /data/db isn't linked to a volume, you will lose your data.
Try to stop the container using docker stop <container>
then remove it completely using docker rm <container>
then re-build using docker build or docker-compose build depends on your usage
Note: Whenever you remove the container it's data will be removed along with it. so make sure that you have a recent backup with the database.
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I had this problem and i'd solved with docker-compose down and then docker-compose up.
This problem is probably caused because your docker container is broken