I have a MongoDB database on my Linux server. I want to access it from another server. I tried to make a connection from my local computer with the Robomongo. The connection is succesfull, but the authentication fails.
How can I get the authentication credentials? Or should I change something in MongoDB before I can acces the database from another server / pc?
Someone else have set up this database, and there is no possibility to ask him this questions.
I have found the solution by my self:
The File etc/mongod.conf has a line 'bind_ip'. In this line, you originally have to add the IP address which you want to access your database. But, it don't work! You should better comment this line.
But, you don't have any authentication now, so you have to add authentication. Here you have an tutorial about this: http://ghosttx.com/2012/03/how-to-connect-to-a-remote-mongodb-server-with-mongohub-for-mac/
When you have done that, you have to enable authentication. You can do this by editing etc/mongod.conf again, and uncomment the line 'Auth = true'.
Now you can connect with you Mongo Database ;)
Ive sorted it by adding ssh option to RoboMongo following this link:
http://www.mongovue.com/2011/08/04/mongovue-connection-to-remote-server-over-ssh/
Im on OSX and connecting to Ubuntu 14 / Mongo 2.6.7 on VPS and when Ive added my ssh details to the Robomongo all seem to work ok (Ive also changed the mongo config to remove the ip_bing and enabled port 27017)
If you do not like to bother with authentication and stuff just make an SSH Tunnel:
ssh -fN -l username -i .ssh/id_rsa -L 9999:localhost:27017 remote.com
Just connect to mongodb on localhost:9999 and it will establish a connection to your mongodb on port 27017 on your server at remote.com.
Run your mongodb with following command to access mongodb from other servers
mongod --port 10945 --bind_ip 0.0.0.0
I was not able to use Robomongo with MongoDB 3.0 too (connecting from a Windows machine to a Linux one, using SSH). The only tool that works for me is MongoChef (http://3t.io/mongochef/).
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I bought a VPS and I want to put MongoDB server there. I connect to VPS with ssh tunnel, install MongoDB and start it.
The question is, that how can I add VPS server to MongoDB Compass? Is it even possible?
I was trying to connect via hostname but I receive this error - connect ECONNREFUSED my.ip.adress.here
Also was trying to connect via ssh tunnel in MongoDB Compass - doesn't work for me.
Maybe there is a problem with port?
I can connect to my VPS from terminal with ssh.
Edit1:
I was using this documentation to install MongoDB on ubuntu and I'm using MongoDB 4.2.8
EDIT2: When I install mongodb on VPS, MongoDB ip is 127.0.0.1 how can I change it? I want it to set it for VPS ip address. If it's possible, otherwise I don't understand how I can connect to my DB on VPS.
Sorry if it's lame questions, just first time using VPS and it's pretty complex to me.
Before you can connect to vps with mongodb compass, you need to allow remote connections to mongodb from your vps.
It is recommended to secure your mongodb connection with a username and password
Edit the mongod.conf file located at
sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf
Enter a comma and append the IP address of the vps to the end of the bindIp field. This will allow remote connections to the mongodb instance
Save the file and restart the mongodb connection
sudo systemctl restart mongod
Setup the firewall to allow connections to port 27017 (the default mongodb port) from anywhere. (Please note that will expose your mongo database to the internet. Therefore it is recommended to close this port when shipping to production)
sudo ufw allow 27017
That's it for the vps.
You can now open up mongodb compass
Choose "fill in connection fields individually"
Fill in the hostname with the IP address of your vps, port is the port which you opened previously 27017 in this case and select authentication by username and password.
Enter the username and password of the mongodb admin which you should have created already.
Choose the authentication database (usually admin)
That's it. You should be connected. You can now view the collections and fields of your mongodb instance on your remote machine
I have setup mongodb to listen on 27017 on 127.0.0.1 only. I need to keep it this way to have security on my database. Though i need to be able to connect to mongodb remotely using the Robo 3T. Is there any way to connect using the ssh connection to tunnel the connection to the localhost listening mongodb using my ssh credentials?
P.S. I kinda beginner to the mongoDB. Thanks in advance...
I've done few configurations on my Ubuntu 18 Vagrant box in order to successfully connect MongoDB remotely using Robo 3T GUI. I've explained in the following steps.
On Ubuntu server, to open mongo shell run:
$ mongo
Inside mongo shell, type following command to create new a admin user.
> use admin;
> db.createUser({user:"admin", pwd:"password", roles:[{ role: "root", db: "admin" }]});
By default mongodb is configured to allow connections only from localhost(IP 127.0.0.1). We need to allow remote connections from any ip address. The following change should only be done in your development server. Open up etc/mongod.conf file and do the following change.
# network interfaces
net:
port: 27017
bindIp: 0.0.0.0 #default value is 127.0.0.1
Also in the same mongod.conf file uncomment security option and add authorization option as shown below.
security:
authorization: enabled
Save and exit the mongod.conf file and restart mongodb server.
$ sudo service mongod restart
Download and install Robo 3T GUI tool.
On Robo 3T GUI, in the connection settings, you need to do few changes as shown on
below screen shots.
Enter mongodb admin database username and password which you have created earlier.
Here, I have entered my Ubuntu 18 Vagrant box ssh credentials.
Save the changes and press connect icon to see if the connection is working fine.
Yes, you can use SSH tunnel.
Go to: MongoDB Connections (Ctrl + N) > Create / Edit > SSH tab
Just achieved that
No need to change nothing in your mongodb settings
In robomongo use localhost:27017 as you db address
In SSH tab add your login details.
I am using mongodb database for my meteor app. I want to access it from another pc. I have mounted my local as a virtual drive on other PC using ssh. Now I want to connect to mongodb via robomongo. I have given the address as 192.168.1.2:4001 (ip addr of local : port on which meteor is running +1). But its giving an error 'Unable to connect to mongodb'. How to proceed?
The other way around is to start your meteor on a regular mongo server with this command :
MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/nameOfDatabase meteor
Be sure to have a running mongo on localhost and to change the nameOfDatabase.
Now it's just a regular mongoDB server to connect. Also you might need to add login and password to that mongo url and the debug parameter after meteor if you use packages like meteor toys.
Please check mongodb's config file /etc/mongod.conf and comment out bind ip
net:
#bindIp: 127.0.0.1
port: 4001
Restart mongodb service. This will allow mongodb to bind to ip's other than localhost.
I installed MongoDB 3.2.4 on CentOS 7. I keep the default configure except comment the bindIp: 127.0.0.1 to access the db via 3T MongoChef 3.4.1 from local machine.
I create two new users for db admin. One is root and one is userAdmin.
I tried to access the db via 3T MongoChef but failed. If I leave the Authentication none, I would get this:
But if I set it :
then I get:
I have no idea how to fix this. Please help.
It seems like commenting the bindIp out is not enough to change the allowed inbound connections for mongod. Try to change it to 0.0.0.0 instead.
Also, check this post out: mongodb.conf bind_ip = 127.0.0.1 does not work but 0.0.0.0 works
Regards
In the production environment, lock the IP down to white list server and don't open up using `
0.0.0.0
To Whitelist IPs, modify the mongod.conf
vim /etc/mongod.conf
Add the IPs in the following format
[x.x.x.x,x.x.x.x]
Ex.
Save and cycle the Mongod
In RHEL;
systemctl restart mongod
How can I connect Robomongo (or any other mongodb client) to the mongodb instance that is created by my local Meteor application?
Ensure Meteor is running on localhost. Open a terminal window and run meteor command. It will start running on localhost:3000 if you have not changed to port.
While it is running, open a separate terminal window and run meteor mongo command. This will open up a MongoDB shell and tell you what port it is connecting to This is normally 3001 as of version 0.7.1.1 or 3002 if earlier. It will say something like 127.0.0.1:3001/meteor
Go to Robomongo (or your favorite mongodb client software) and create a new connection, making sure to change the connection address to localhost and the given the port number. No need to additionally define /meteor if your client does not insist on a default database.
Also as pointed out in https://stackoverflow.com/a/22023284/1064151 some drivers may need specific line endings, delimeters or other character flow. For example, ObjCMongoDB a C based driver wants the url to be 127.0.0.1:3001/ with that extra / at the end, or it won't work. So make sure you check the documentation for your driver/client.
Easiest way to get the current configuration details is to use the following command
meteor mongo -U
This will give you the connection string
From terminal run following command
meteor mongo -U
That will show you the local host IP address and in which port you application is running. Now run the Robomongo and configure as following two field as you got by running the previous command
Use SSH tunneling by the following command :
ssh -L 3001:localhost:3001 user-name#host
It forwards connections from your local port 3001 to localhost:3001 on your server. Now we can simply connect to our database.
Create a Robomongo connection on your localhost and hit Test (Out of two checks, Authentication may fail) :
I'm using ObjCMongoDB, a C based mongoDB driver. With the new update instead of using the previous 127.0.0.1:3002 to connect to my localhost running meteor's mongodb, I now need to use 127.0.0.1:3001/ with the collection name still being meteor.collection. The important change is the port from :3002 to :3001/. Remember the /, it is critical for the connection.
This worked for me,Before connecting make sure meteor is running.
I am using Robomongo to connect. Create new connection and add
Address as : localhost;
port as: 3001
I'm too using Robomongo and before the latest update V0.7.1,i used port 3002 to connect,as #Serkan Durusoy suggest's for the latest update it is working for 3001 port
#imal365 answer is perfect. Just to add my insight on it:
I realized that the default Meteor Mongo port number is the port number of the application with 1 added to it (as of version 0.7.1.1). In my case, I was running Meteor on port 1337 with the command meteor --port 1337 and my Meteor Mongo port was 1338.