Reading mongod log file in command prompt. Navigate to the log file location and type {TYPE log-file-name} type 1.log If the log file is quite big and you want to read the log file in batches use pipe operator with more tag type 1.log | more  

Stopped the mongod service manually and tried to start the service again which failed to start. Looked into the error log to see what caused the service to fail. Attached below is the error recorded in the error log, which was quite confusing and got me thinking how come permission where removed. [root@lx1 /]# cd /var/log/mongodb [root@lx1 mongodb]# […]