# How to check whether percona-server for mongodb is installed properly and running

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**Category:** Percona Server for MongoDB\
**Created:** [April 14, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-check-whether-percona-server-for-mongodb-is-installed-properly-and-running/4839 "2016-04-14T08:18:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 14, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-check-whether-percona-server-for-mongodb-is-installed-properly-and-running/4839/1 "2016-04-14T08:18:50Z")

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1. Installed percona-server-mongodb-3.0.10-1.5-r376fb62-trusty-amd64 on a Ubuntu 14.04 server.

2. After the installation, the dpkg check (dpkg -l | grep percona) shows the following:  
ii percona-server-mongodb 3.0.10-1.5.trusty amd64 This metapackage will install the mongo shell, import/export tools, other client utilities, server software, default configuration, and init.d scripts.  
ii percona-server-mongodb-dbg 3.0.10-1.5.trusty amd64 Debugging package for Percona Server for MongoDB  
ii percona-server-mongodb-mongos 3.0.10-1.5.trusty amd64 This package contains mongos - the Percona Server for MongoDB sharded cluster query router  
ii percona-server-mongodb-server 3.0.10-1.5.trusty amd64 This package contains the Percona Server for MongoDB server software, default configuration files and init.d scripts  
ii percona-server-mongodb-shell 3.0.10-1.5.trusty amd64 This package contains the Percona Server for MongoDB shell  
ii percona-server-mongodb-tools 3.0.10-1.5.trusty amd64 Mongo tools for high-performance MongoDB fork from Percona

3. The followling lines are in /etc/init.d/mongod:

# Start the process using the wrapper

/usr/bin/percona-server-mongodb-helper.sh

1. “sudo service mongod start” launches “/usr/bin/mongod -f /etc/mongod.conf”

2. mongo db.version() shows 3.0.10-1.5

Question: How to verify that percona-server is running, as the following checks don’t provide any information related to percona:

1. ps -ef | grep percona
2. grep -i percona /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log

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**Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 10:33pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/how-to-check-whether-percona-server-for-mongodb-is-installed-properly-and-running/4839/2 "2016-04-24T22:33:16Z")

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PSMDB = mongodb plus PerconaFT/Rocksdb storage engine

On the surface, it was still a mongodb.

ps -ef |grep mongod