Cannot connect to MongoDB error when attempting local development

brandnholllast year

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  exo3718last year

  You seem to not have a local mongodb running, there are a few ways to sort this out:

  
  
  

  The website template comes with a docker compose file, the easiest way to get started is by running

  docker compose up -d

  from the project root.

  
  
  

  Alternatively you can start a local mongodb separately, either native on your system or in a docker container with port 27017 exposed, just make sure the credentials match then.

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  flatcappedlast year

  Leaving this here in case anyone else needs it. In my case changing my connection string from "mongodb://localhost:27017" to "mongodb://0.0.0.0:27017" did the trick.

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  jarrod_not_jared

  last year

  ⬆️ this is a node v18 thing

  
  

  
  

  if runnning node 18+ you have to use

  127.0.0.0

  in place of

  localhost
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  lokeshpathrabe7 months ago

  I am stuck at the same place but none of the above worked for me. Can someone suggest what else can be done here.

  
  

  I am node 18.19.0.

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  jarrod_not_jared

  7 months ago

  Can you connect to mongodb with Compass?

  https://www.mongodb.com/products/tools/compass
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  lokeshpathrabe7 months ago

  Yes I am able to connect to compass at

  http://127.0.0.1:27017
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  jarrod_not_jared

  7 months ago

  I would ensure your variables names are correct

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  lando_rozay6 months ago

  I am stuck at a similar place. I have a Payload instance running on an Ubuntu server, where everything works fine (both in development and production mode). However, I want to be able to access my database from my local machine when I want to edit the code base, but I can't, getting "Error: cannot connect to MongoDB. Details: connect ETIMEDOUT 2a00:d0c0:200:0:ccd:dff:fec0:d062:44500".

  
  
  

  The connection string is correct since I can access it through mongoDB Compass on my machine.

  
  
  

  Anybody can help me here?