How can I stop mongodb from starting on system boot

Question

I installed mongodb for learning purpose, the problem I am facing is that it starts on system boot and consume resources even if not being used. I want it to be removed from system boot, how can I do this?

Solution 1

I can't test it at the moment, but I think this should work

 sudo update-rc.d mongodb disable

If this is not enough try this

 sudo update-rc.d -f mongodb remove

Solution 2

This is borrowed from this answer:

echo manual | sudo tee /etc/init/mongod.override

Solution 3

This worked for me and I'm using Ubuntu 18.04:

sudo systemctl disable mongod

Solution 4

@davelupt's reference is great. However I guess the command should be

echo manual | sudo tee /etc/init/mongod.override

since the file for MongoDB under /etc/init is mongod.conf.

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Comments

[A.B.]

From how much resources are you talking about?

[Mostafa Ahangarha]

Possible duplicate of How to enable or disable services?

[mchid]

If you are using a recent version of ubuntu, you probably need to follow the instructions for systemd on how to "disable" a service: askubuntu.com/questions/19320/… ; you can also "mask" a service if you want to completely disable the service. If you "disable" a service it will not automatically start at boot time. If you "mask" a service, it will not be able to be started and will be completely disabled.

[Samuel G. P.]

Yep, the first one worked to me :)

[mchid]

On 16.10 and 16.04, I'm showing /etc/init/mongodb.conf when I run either one of the following commands: dpkg -L mongodb-server | grep /etc/init/mongod or apt-file search /etc/init/mongod

[Hector Correa]

As Robert indicated in his answer, this works but the file should be mongod.override (not mongodb)

[Peter T.]

With mongodb version v3.6.8 on linux mint 20 the service is called mongodb (and not just mongod), so I can disable it with sudo systemctl disable mongodb.