MongoDB didn't start because of File permission issue

The Wired Tiger Turtle in the logs Originalled published on Web Warrior Toolbox A Wired Tiger Turtle Story... While troubleshooting a project, I wanted to run the db locally before deploying my hotfix. I set my pc for that and I mocked a database with some useful data for my test before deploying to production that day. Two days later a new issue that needed a hotfix came to me and I needed to test again with a local database. I tried to start the db with the usual command systemctl start mongod but I saw it didn't start when I checked with systemctl status mongod . When I checked status I saw a message saying that it didn't start but i couldn't understand the reason why.🤨 After following multiple suggestions from chatbots and getting lost myself 😵‍💫 I understood that the answer to that question was in a place I didn't use to look at 💬​: THE LOGS! 🪵​ In Linux you have that place dedicated to record what did your applications say and probably you didn't see or don't remember. Just look