Connecting mongo via remote from Google Compute Engine - mongodb

I've installed the mongodb in one of my GCE machine. I'm having problem connecting to mongodb from remote machine(i.e. Home Computer).
With Google search I found, I have to bind the right ip address and need to add respective firewall rules, After doing so, Still not able to connect.
Is there any way to connect from my remote machine to access mongodb database ?
Attaching mongodb.conf and firewall rule
#mongodb.conf file
dbpath=/var/lib/mongodb
logpath=/var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log
logappend=true
bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
port = 27017
journal=true

Try changing "bind_ip" in mongodb.conf file to your mongo instance ip and try. (i assumed that correct firewall rules are added in the compute engine settings)

The problem is with in the target tag which was added when creating the firewall rule. Create the firewall rule for mongodb with Apply to all target tag fixed this issue.

Related

How to access Mongodb in AWS EC2 Ubuntu from my laptop [duplicate]

I've successfully installed MongoDB on Windows (on a local machine) as a service, but now I want to move MongoDb to a separate server. So I extracted the tarball to a virtual server on network (running linux).
When I connected to the server ("testmongoserver") using PuTTY from my local machine, I started the mongod server and it told me that it was listening to the default 28017 port. The mongo console is also working and allowed me to create a new database (testdb) and add users to it.
However, I could not access the server from remote. When I type testmongoserver:28017 it doesn't open the HTTP console as localhost:28017 on my local machine does. I also can't connect using official drivers and providing a connectionstring.
What are the neccesarry steps to install MongoDB on Linux, so that I could access it from a remote machine with a connectionstring and use its HTTP console via testmongoserver:28017
Thanks!
1. Bind IP option
Bind IP is a MongoDB option that restricts connections to specifics IPs.
Have a look at your mongod configuration file, most of the time bind_ip is set to 127.0.0.1 for obvious security reasons. You can:
Add your desired IP by concatenating a list of comma separated values to bind MongoDB to multiple IP addresses.
Remove or comment (with # character) the bind_ip line. But be aware that all remote connection will be able to connect your MongoDB server!
More about bind_ip configuration option: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/configuration-options/#net.bindIp
Bind IP can also be set as a command argument: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/program/mongod/#cmdoption--bind_ip
2. Firewall
Check that you are not running behind a firewall
Make sure in your /etc/mongodb.conf file you have the following line,
bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
http://jitu-blog.blogspot.com.br/2013/06/allow-mongo-to-connect-from-remote-ip.html
Run netstat -a on mongo server and check a port.
Check DNS settings and check that linux server allows external connections.
Check that mongodb can accept external/remote connection.
Default port for mongo is 27017.
28017 - port for webstats.
See http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Security+and+Authentication#SecurityandAuthentication-Ports
Just had this issue and this fixed it:
Edit /etc/mongod.conf with sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf ensure that the net section looks like below (localhost binding by default doesn't allow for remote access):
# network interfaces
net:
port: 27017
bindIp: 0.0.0.0
Make sure to restart mongod when you are done with above with below (assuming systemd ubuntu 16.04+ etc.):
sudo service mongod restart
Obviously from a security perspective if you are going to be opening up mongo to your network/the world be aware of the implications of this (if any)
Another problem may be that the mongodb port is not enabled. Check, from another host, the ports enabled on your server. For that you can use the command:
sudo nmap -P0 your_server_ip
You can get an answer like this:
Host is up (0.052s latency).
Not shown: 997 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open ssh
80/tcp open http
443/tcp closed https
If you use a virtual server in the cloud, as AWS, you need to add a new rule to add mongodb port (27017 by default).
Important: Note that with this configuration anyone can have access to your database
I fixed by below reference :
https://medium.com/founding-ithaka/setting-up-and-connecting-to-a-remote-mongodb-database-5df754a4da89
Actually, first i changed my bindIp from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0 in mongod.conf,
and enable security:
security:
authorization: "enabled"
then i restarted mongod using sudo service mongod restart.(because of new changes in mongod.conf), after that set firewall to open mongod running port (by iptables) and create a new user in admin db with new access (based on this link : https://medium.com/mongoaudit/how-to-enable-authentication-on-mongodb-b9e8a924efac), finally test open ports in my server from outside with (https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/) and connected successfully to remote mongod using mongocompass.exe.

mongodb only connect by localhost [duplicate]

I've successfully installed MongoDB on Windows (on a local machine) as a service, but now I want to move MongoDb to a separate server. So I extracted the tarball to a virtual server on network (running linux).
When I connected to the server ("testmongoserver") using PuTTY from my local machine, I started the mongod server and it told me that it was listening to the default 28017 port. The mongo console is also working and allowed me to create a new database (testdb) and add users to it.
However, I could not access the server from remote. When I type testmongoserver:28017 it doesn't open the HTTP console as localhost:28017 on my local machine does. I also can't connect using official drivers and providing a connectionstring.
What are the neccesarry steps to install MongoDB on Linux, so that I could access it from a remote machine with a connectionstring and use its HTTP console via testmongoserver:28017
Thanks!
1. Bind IP option
Bind IP is a MongoDB option that restricts connections to specifics IPs.
Have a look at your mongod configuration file, most of the time bind_ip is set to 127.0.0.1 for obvious security reasons. You can:
Add your desired IP by concatenating a list of comma separated values to bind MongoDB to multiple IP addresses.
Remove or comment (with # character) the bind_ip line. But be aware that all remote connection will be able to connect your MongoDB server!
More about bind_ip configuration option: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/configuration-options/#net.bindIp
Bind IP can also be set as a command argument: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/program/mongod/#cmdoption--bind_ip
2. Firewall
Check that you are not running behind a firewall
Make sure in your /etc/mongodb.conf file you have the following line,
bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
http://jitu-blog.blogspot.com.br/2013/06/allow-mongo-to-connect-from-remote-ip.html
Run netstat -a on mongo server and check a port.
Check DNS settings and check that linux server allows external connections.
Check that mongodb can accept external/remote connection.
Default port for mongo is 27017.
28017 - port for webstats.
See http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Security+and+Authentication#SecurityandAuthentication-Ports
Just had this issue and this fixed it:
Edit /etc/mongod.conf with sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf ensure that the net section looks like below (localhost binding by default doesn't allow for remote access):
# network interfaces
net:
port: 27017
bindIp: 0.0.0.0
Make sure to restart mongod when you are done with above with below (assuming systemd ubuntu 16.04+ etc.):
sudo service mongod restart
Obviously from a security perspective if you are going to be opening up mongo to your network/the world be aware of the implications of this (if any)
Another problem may be that the mongodb port is not enabled. Check, from another host, the ports enabled on your server. For that you can use the command:
sudo nmap -P0 your_server_ip
You can get an answer like this:
Host is up (0.052s latency).
Not shown: 997 filtered ports
PORT STATE SERVICE
22/tcp open ssh
80/tcp open http
443/tcp closed https
If you use a virtual server in the cloud, as AWS, you need to add a new rule to add mongodb port (27017 by default).
Important: Note that with this configuration anyone can have access to your database
I fixed by below reference :
https://medium.com/founding-ithaka/setting-up-and-connecting-to-a-remote-mongodb-database-5df754a4da89
Actually, first i changed my bindIp from 127.0.0.1 to 0.0.0.0 in mongod.conf,
and enable security:
security:
authorization: "enabled"
then i restarted mongod using sudo service mongod restart.(because of new changes in mongod.conf), after that set firewall to open mongod running port (by iptables) and create a new user in admin db with new access (based on this link : https://medium.com/mongoaudit/how-to-enable-authentication-on-mongodb-b9e8a924efac), finally test open ports in my server from outside with (https://www.yougetsignal.com/tools/open-ports/) and connected successfully to remote mongod using mongocompass.exe.

Google Cloud Mongo DB: External IP not connecting

I have created a ready to go MongoDB server on Google Cloud using the default parameters. Everything is working fine between them (there is communication and I can add DBs and collections). However, I can't connect to MongoDB on any external machine.
I created the firewall rules in GCP allowing all the connections ("0.0.0.0./0") on the port 27017.
I am running the command:
giuseppe#ubuntu:~$ mongo --host rs0/104.154.xx.xxx,173.255.xxx.xxx,104.197.xxx.xxx
giuseppe#ubuntu:~$ mongo --host rs0/104.154.xxx.xxx:27017,173.255.xxx.xxx:27017,104.197.xxx.xxx:27017
I'm getting the same error on both of them. I don't know how to resolve this issue.
connecting to: rs0/104.154.41.xxx,173.255.xxx.xxx,104.197.22.xxx:27017/test
2015-03-18T19:47:33.770-0500 starting new replica set monitor for replica set rs0 with seeds 104.154.41.xxx:27017,104.197.22.1xx:27017,xx.255.114.xxx:27017
2015-03-18T19:47:33.770-0500 [ReplicaSetMonitorWatcher] starting
2015-03-18T19:47:34.119-0500 changing hosts to rs0/mongo-db-jff3:27017,mongo-db-vnc4:27017 from rs0/104.154.41.246:27017,1xx.197.22.xxx:27017,173.255.1xx.xx:27017
2015-03-18T19:47:34.493-0500 getaddrinfo("mongo-db-vnc4") failed: Name or service not known
2015-03-18T19:47:34.511-0500 getaddrinfo("mongo-db-jff3") failed: Name or service not known
2015-03-18T19:47:34.512-0500 Error: connect failed to replica set rs0/104.154.xxx.xxx:27017,173.2xx.xxx.68:27017,104.197.22.xxx:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:148
EDIT:
Here are my firewall settings.
Did you
configure the firewall rule in Google cloud console
provide a tag in your firewall rule
tag your instance with the same tag as the firewall rule
?
I explained how to open a port to the outside world in detail over here. Replace with your own port number.
I belive the issue here is that the ReplicaSetMonitorWatcher is changing hosts to rs0/mongo-db-jff3:27017, where mongo-db-jff3 is not reachable from your network. You need to configure the hosts in the replica set to something that you can reach (static IP or URL).
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/tutorial/change-hostnames-in-a-replica-set/
Quick example, mongo into your PRIMARY (SECONDARY if you want to do it no downtime):
cfg = rs.conf()
cfg.members[0].host = "mongodb0.example.net:27017"
cfg.members[1].host = "mongodb1.example.net:27017"
rs.reconfig(cfg)

Google Cloud Platform - Can't connect to mongodb

Just installed mongodb using click-to-deploy in google cloud platform. I have another project, for which I created the mongodb database, where my web application runs.
Do I have to open some port or configure something?
As the other answers in this thread suggest, mongod daemon is listening on TCP port 27017. Therefore, you will need to add a firewall rule on Compute Engine firewall for this port and protocol. This can be done using Google Cloud console or using gcloud command tool:
gcloud compute firewall-rules create allow-mongodb --allow tcp:27017
It is recommended to use target tag with the firewall rule and use this target tag to specify what VM instances the firewall rule should be applied to.
Adding the port in the firewall is not enough. By default the host bind to 127.0.0.1 which needs to be changed to 0.0.0.0
Make changes in the file sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf inside the instance
Look for the term bindIp
change it to 0.0.0.0 and restart mongodb
You will be able to connect to the mongo db now
Click on the Http or Https checkbox to activate the external ip address so u can use it to access the database
On the Mongodb project you should open firewall for port 27017.
MongoDB used ports are listed at:
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure-linux-iptables-firewall/
Regards,
Paolo
This answer explains how to set the firewall rule for port 27017.
Another issue that could cause this is running your mongodb in a separate network and having your other instances on the default network (or vice versa).
I ran into this and after getting both instances on the same network, it was able to connect to the mongo instance by name.
Here's an example of how to set the network for a managed VM in your app.yaml:
network:
instance_tag: https-server
name: my-node-network

MongoDB remote connection

I am trying to use MongoDB for remote connection. First I tried localhost and internal ip address to build the connection. Both of them succeeded. Then I tried external ip address to connect on my own computer of MAC as an experiment first. I have created an admin user for the database in MongoDB. The bind_ip option is also commented in mongodb.conf. The firewall should also have been turned down. But the connection cannot been built still. Does anyone know the reason?
Thank you very much!
To allow connecting remote clients (which is your case) to MongoDB Server.
Make sure to do set bind_ip to either of values, in your mongodb.conf file -
Following is with any IP
bind_ip = 0.0.0.0
Following for bind to specific IP
bind_ip = 10.52.36.99 (or any specific IP)