MongoDB cannot start: Linux kernel versions 6.19 and newer has a known incompatibility

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1. Describe your incident:

installed graylog 7.1 onto Ubuntu server 26.04, upon trying to start mongo DB I received the following error.

MongoDB cannot start: Linux kernel versions 6.19 and newer has a known incompatibility

2. Describe your environment:

  • OS Information:

    • Ubuntu Server 26.04 LTS

  • Package Version:

    • Graylog 7.1
    • Linux Kernel 7.0.0-22-generic

  • Service logs, configurations, and environment variables:

3. What steps have you already taken to try and solve the problem?

Google foo, i only say some solution for docker, I am installed on bare metal.

4. How can the community help?

Any tips for getting mongo working on ubuntu server version 26.04?

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Is mongodb installed, and what version is used?

It should be possible to run mongodb on 26.04-LTS.

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It’s installed but wont start with the error in the title, I checked the link and its the same as the Graylog install. Nothing to help me troubleshoot why it wont start, thanks

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What version of MongoDB did you install?

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I’m following the standard installation of a single node onto ubuntu from the docs. Version 8

Install docs

curl -fsSL https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-8.0.asc | \
   sudo gpg -o /usr/share/keyrings/mongodb-server-8.0.gpg \
   --dearmor

Thanks!

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MongoDB has a known issue, but also I dont think they actually support Ubuntu 26 yet either.

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I saw that, there is a work around for docker so maybe I’ll install it there and try it out. thanks.