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Setting up remote connection to mongo droplet

Posted on February 4, 2021

Hi, I am trying to set up a remote connection to a mongodb droplet.

I have come across a few tutorials but none of them work. I need to be able to access it through mongoose and compass. Can someone point me to the right direction?



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Hi there,

I tried following the steps from this tutorial here and it seems to be working as expected:

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-configure-remote-access-for-mongodb-on-ubuntu-20-04

Can you share the output of the following commands here:

  • Check if the service is binding on 0.0.0.0:
  1. sudo netstat -plant | grep 27017
  • Check if your firewall is allowing the traffic on port 27017
  1. sudo ufw status

Regards, Bobby

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