You need to switch the database to admin. Following is the syntax −
use admin
The syntax is as follows for shutdown option −
db.shutdownServer()
Let us implement the above syntax for shutdown −
> use admin switched to db admin > db.shutdownServer()
This will produce the following output −
server should be down... 2019-04-22T19:11:40.949+0530 I NETWORK [js] trying reconnect to 127.0.0.1:27017 failed 2019-04-22T19:11:42.197+0530 I NETWORK [js] reconnect 127.0.0.1:27017 failed failed