Can we change the Mongo DB Collection Name?

mrl7last year

5

• 

  jacobsfletch

  2 years ago

  The name of your db is contained within the

  MONGODB_URI
  
  

  If you need to change it, you

  should

  be able to do so manually from the Compass interface you have open, then update your

  MONGODB_URI

  string accordingly

  
  
  

  Otherwise you could change your

  MONGODB_URI

  first, then use the

  mongodump

  and

  mongorestore

  cli commands to migrate the old database over to the new one

  
  
  

  Payload will create a new database if one was not found using the connection string provided

• 

  yhn57902 years ago

  Yes, you can do it inside

  server.ts

  . [More info](

  https://payloadcms.com/docs/getting-started/installation#server

  )

  
  

  payload.init({
      secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET,
      mongoURL: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
      express: app,
      onInit: () => {
          payload.logger.info(`Payload Admin URL: ${payload.getAdminURL()}`);
      },
      mongoOptions: {
          dbName: "payload",
      },
  });

• 

  denolfe

  2 years ago

  Interesting, I've never actually seen anyone do it that way.

• 

  wiesson2 years ago

  Interesting, I was wondering why the db is always called test (I'm maintaining 5 instances of payload 😅 , and never had the time do debug that)

• 

  joaovbrandonlast year

  Seems like the

  mongoOptions

  doesn't exist in type

  InitOptions

  .

  
  

  But just to register here, like Jacob said, you can set the database in the MongoDB Connection String, that defaults to

  test

  if empty

  
  mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@beyondthebasics.abcde.mongodb.net/<database>
  Ref:

  https://www.mongodb.com/resources/products/fundamentals/mongodb-connection-string