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systemctl start mongod Doesn't appear to do anything.
systemctl status mongod shows no changes.
journal -xeu mongod.service is empty.

mongod -f /etc/mongodb.conf starts MongoDB successfully.

systemd service file. /usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service

[Unit]
Description=MongoDB Database Server
After=multi-user.target
Documentation=https://docs.mongodb.org/manual

[Service]
User=mongod
Group=mongod
Environment="OPTIONS=-f /etc/mongod.conf"
EnvironmentFile=-/etc/sysconfig/mongod
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mongod $OPTIONS
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/mkdir -p /var/run/mongodb
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chown mongod:mongod /var/run/mongodb
ExecStartPre=/usr/bin/chmod 0755 /var/run/mongodb
PermissionsStartOnly=true
PIDFile=/var/run/mongodb/mongod.pid
Type=forking
# file size
LimitFSIZE=infinity
# cpu time
LimitCPU=infinity
# virtual memory size
LimitAS=infinity
# open files
LimitNOFILE=64000
# processes/threads
LimitNPROC=64000
# locked memory
LimitMEMLOCK=infinity
# total threads (user+kernel)
TasksMax=infinity
TasksAccounting=false
# Recommended limits for for mongod as specified in
# http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/ulimit/#recommended-settings

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Why Doesn't MongoDB Start as a service, and how can I fix it?

Update:

Status output

# systemctl status mongod
● mongod.service - MongoDB Database Server
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/mongod.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
     Docs: https://docs.mongodb.org/manual

I installed MongoDB with Yum by adding a new repository

# cat /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.0.repo
[mongodb-org-4.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/7/mongodb-org/4.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.0.asc
Raystorm
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  • It looks like you're trying to use RHEL 7 packages on RHEL 8. This isn't going to work. – Michael Hampton Aug 06 '19 at 02:50
  • It originally did. And then I ran into some issues after an unintended hard reboot. I tried to completely wipe and re-install MongoDB but that didn't help at all. – Raystorm Aug 06 '19 at 21:10

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