title: Amazon Linux AMI with MongoDB installed - service FAILED to start
body: <p>I have mongodb installed on a new Amazon Linux AMI after implementing the guide <a href="http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/install-mongodb-on-red-hat-centos-or-fedora-linux/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. When running "service mongod start" though, I just get a Starting mongod FAILED message.  Nothing else.  Blank log file also.</p>
  
  <p>service mongod stop yields a FAILED also.</p>
  
  <p>service mongod status yields "mongod is stopped"</p>
  
  <p>Any thoughts or next steps?</p>