Can we change the Mongo DB Collection Name?

mrl7

6 months ago

8

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  jacobsfletch

  Payload Team

  6 months 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

• 

  yhn5790

  6 months 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

  Payload Team

  6 months ago

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

• 

  mrl7

  6 months ago

  Thanks all. Got it sorted

• 

  wiesson

  6 months 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)