MongoDB: db.shutdownServer() method

db.shutdownServer

The db.shutdownServer() method is used to shut down the current mongod or mongos process cleanly and safely. This operation fails when the current database is not the admin database.

Syntax:

db.shutdownServer()

Example: MongoDB: db.shutdownServer() method

use admin
db.shutdownServer()

Output:

> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.shutdownServer()
2016-01-14T18:08:19.627+0530 DBClientCursor::init call() failed
server should be down...
2016-01-14T18:08:19.647+0530 trying reconnect to 127.0.0.1:27017 (127.0.0.1) failed
2016-01-14T18:08:20.666+0530 warning: Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1:27017, reason: errno:10061 No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
2016-01-14T18:08:20.666+0530 reconnect 127.0.0.1:27017 (127.0.0.1) failed failed couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017 (127.0.0.1), connection attempt failed

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