Cannot connect to MongoDB error when attempting local development

brandnholl

5 months ago

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  exo3718

  5 months ago

  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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  flatcapped

  3 months ago

  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

  Payload Team

  3 months ago

  ⬆️ this is a node v18 thing

  
  

  
  

  if runnning node 18+ you have to use

  127.0.0.0

  in place of

  localhost