Question
How to connect to one-click MEAN stack Mongo DB from Robomongo
- Posted July 31, 2015
- MongoDBDigitalOcean 1-Click Apps MarketplaceMEANNetworkingNode.jsUbuntu
I’ve got the MEAN stack droplet one-click image up and running, and I’d like to connect to that database via Robomongo to look at it in a GUI, but Robomongo keeps giving me errors that it can’t connect to the server. it doesn’t even make it to the authentication stage.
I’m pointing Robomongo to <my droplet’s IP>:27017, which has always worked for services like MongoLab.
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I ended up discovering that the answer is to edit your etc/mongod.conf file’s bind_ip variable to include the IP of the computer you’re using, or eliminate it altogether.
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It works for me! Thanks
It appears that in the MEAN stack this feature is commented out by default in the
/etc/mongod.conf. If you want to enable port27017you need to edit the configuration file to allow it. It is not allowed by default. Just do:nano /etc/mongo.confand un-comment:#port = 27017to make itport = 27017This should enable you to connect to your mongodb. If you have a firewall setup using “ufw” you will also need to allow that port for a remote connection. See instructions on firewalls
Best of luck.