MongoDB Startup Warnings /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is ‘always’

This happens every time and I need to look for the solution. Posting here to save time going forward.

“startupWarnings”: {
“totalLinesWritten”: 9,
“log”: [
“2015-08-21T18:47:29.634+0000 I CONTROL [initandlisten] “,
“2015-08-21T18:47:29.634+0000 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled is ‘always’.”,
“2015-08-21T18:47:29.634+0000 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** We suggest setting it to ‘never'”,
“2015-08-21T18:47:29.634+0000 I CONTROL [initandlisten] “,
“2015-08-21T18:47:29.634+0000 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** WARNING: /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag is ‘always’.”,
“2015-08-21T18:47:29.634+0000 I CONTROL [initandlisten] ** We suggest setting it to ‘never'”,

http://docs.mongodb.org/master/tutorial/transparent-huge-pages/

Create the following file at /etc/init.d/disable-transparent-hugepages:

#!/bin/sh
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: disable-transparent-hugepages
# Required-Start: $local_fs
# Required-Stop:
# X-Start-Before: mongod mongodb-mms-automation-agent
# Default-Start: 2 3 4 5
# Default-Stop: 0 1 6
# Short-Description: Disable Linux transparent huge pages
# Description: Disable Linux transparent huge pages, to improve
# database performance.
### END INIT INFO

case $1 in
start)
if [ -d /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage ]; then
thp_path=/sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage
elif [ -d /sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage ]; then
thp_path=/sys/kernel/mm/redhat_transparent_hugepage
else
return 0
fi

echo 'never' > ${thp_path}/enabled
echo 'never' > ${thp_path}/defrag

unset thp_path
;;
esac

2
Make it executable.
Run the following command to ensure that the init script can be used:
sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/disable-transparent-hugepages

3
Configure your operating system to run it on boot.
Use the appropriate command to configure the new init script on your Linux distribution.

Distribution Command
Ubuntu and Debian
sudo update-rc.d disable-transparent-hugepages defaults

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