Setting up Strapi using MongoDB via the PM2 Runtime - mongodb

Question

I'm quite new to Strapi and I'm following the Strapi deployment documentation at https://strapi.io/documentation/3.0.0-beta.x/guides/deployment.html#configuration. I have setup strapi using mongodb and it seems to work both in production and dev on my server. I can create content types and add data...
Now I'm trying to start Strapi using the PM2 Runtime. I have setup the ecosystem.config.js file (see below) and I run pm2 start ecosystem.config.js. The Strapi app seems to start just fine, but now what happens in the browser is that I am prompted with a new admin user. Seems like all users and data is lost... Mongo db not accessed or whats going on?
this is my ecosystem.config.js file
module.exports = {
apps : [{
name: 'cms.strapi',
cwd: '/var/www/domain/public_html',
script: 'server.js',
env: {
NODE_ENV: 'production',
DATABASE_HOST: '127.0.0.1',
DATABASE_PORT: '28015',
DATABASE_NAME: 'db-name',
DATABASE_USERNAME: 'db-u-name',
DATABASE_PASSWORD: 'pw',
},
}],
};
What am I missing?

Answer 1

Hi Jim and thanks for your reply! I believe the problem was a mixup between the prod and the dev environment. Sorry, my bad. I thought I was in one environment when I was really in the other. I guess it should be obvious when you start the server from the prompt whether your starting dev or prod, but once the web server is up and running in the browser I guess you can't tell from the gui whether it's the one or the other. At least I can't find one other than that the admin usernames (and possibly data) are different... Hmm..
Anyway my production/database.json file looks like this:
{
"defaultConnection": "default",
"connections": {
"default": {
"connector": "mongoose",
"settings": {
"uri": "mongodb://localhost:27017/db-prod",
"database": "db-prod",
"host": "127.0.0.1",
"srv": false,
"port": 27017,
"username": "u-name-prd",
"password": "pw"
},
"options": {
"ssl": false
}
}
}
}
PM2 Runtime seems to be working correctly with Strapi and Mongo now :-)