I am trying to run a meteor app for the first time on Windows( using Windows 7 in particular). I am able to successfully run the app but i can't seem to be able to run the command meteor mongo in a separate command prompt window. The following error pops up:
mongo: Meteor isn't running.
This command only works while Meteor is locally. Start your
application first.
I have already tried meteor reset. How can i fix this?
I think there is possible a misconception about what the meteor mongo command does.
It only connects to the mongo instance of a running meteor development process.
So you need to start the meteor app by changing to your app's directory and running 'meteor'. Then on a different console window, change you the same directory and run 'meteor mongo'.
In the image below, when meteor isn't running I get the error you get, but you will note that it says that you have to start your application first. If you do that, and then in another console window it works:
Try one of these admin UIs for mongo instead. They connect directly to the db, so should overcome whatever problem there is with command line.
Alternatively, you may try a non-standard command line utility, like Cygwin.
Related
I have a dump folder which was created few year ago using mongodump, and want to use this info with a newly created metor app which is the same as the old meteor app after few packages updates and runs without errors.
I installed the mongodb server on this windows 10, the cmd mongo prints
connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?compressors=disabled&gssapiServiceName=mongodb
MongoDB server version: 4.2.7
what is the "best" way to use the info with the meteor app.
Can some one please give the overview of how all this things work together and then how to use the old info "including the command mongorestore" with the newly created metoer app?
It has been few years so will need polish my thinking on meteor and mongodb again.
My understanding is mongorestore the backup, then run the mongodb server in a separate cmd window, issue a cmd to connect to the restored database, and somehow tell meteor to use this server. Ok I give up.
Thanks
Meteor comes with a bundled MongoDB in development mode, where the mongodb always runs on the app's port + 1 (app: 3000 = mongo: 3001).
You can simply start your Meteor app and when running open a new console and cd into your project folder, then enter:
mongorestore -h localhost:3001 --db meteor /path/to/dump/
I would like to find out how to connect to an external MongoDB instance in Meteor.
I have added this environment
Meteor.startup(function () {
process.env.MONGO_URL = 'mongodb://[UN]:PW]#[host]:[port]/meteorTest'
});
but still the data is coming from the local database.
I want to move all the collections from my local db to this external db. I read all the tutorials, its all telling me to setup this evn variable but nothing really working. How do I test whether its connected or not?
In my own experience; I have needed to set the environment variable before starting the meteorjs server app. To do this you will need to pass the environment variable on the command-line as you invoke meteor or preset the environment for the profile that is running the meteor app on your system.
So you would start your app with this kind of a command:
MONGO_URL='mongodb://user:password#remote.domain.com:12345/' meteor
You should also make sure that the mongodb is reachable and that your user credentials are correct! I am assuming you are trying to run meteor on your local machine using a remote mongodb instance.
On Windows
You will have to create a batch file in your meteor application folder to invoke the environment variable. There is an example of this here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/29833177/1997579
I don't like to use big repeating command and I was searching for a solution where I will be setting a variable embedded with something so every time I start my meteor app; the MONGO_URL will set to environment automatically. So this what I did:
In the package.json file I replaced the start parameter as below:
"scripts": {
"start": "MONGO_URL=mongodb://username:password#host_url:portnumber/dbname meteor run"
},
Now every time I want to run my app; I run npm start instead of meteor or meteor run
Note: there is a disadvantage with that. Your db credentials will be exposed if you put your db credentials to package.json file and add this file to version control.
run it in command prompt:
"MONGO_URL=mongodb://<USER>:<PASSWORD>#<SERVER>:<PORT>/<DB> meteor"
or
save this url in run.sh file in project folder and run meteor
On windows, I set MONGO_URL in my system's environment variable and it worked fine for me.
I have created a new environment variable and it's value as MONGO_URL=mongodb://username:password#host_url:portnumber/dbname
And in path variable, I have added %MONGO_URL%
Then in meteor app root folder, I have run $meteor
I have implemented a javascript script for my mongo database. This script is called getMetrics.js and I am able to execute it by running: mongo getMetrics.js from my computer.
Now I want to automatically execute that script one time per day. To do so, I have created a Heroku app and I added to it the scheduler add-on (https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/scheduler).
My main problem is that in order to be run, my task will execute the command "mongo getMetrics.js" and it will failed because I don't have mongo command installed in my Heroku app.
How can I run this script from Heroku?
Thanks a lot for your help.
I did the below in a similar case:
Download mongodb for linux https://www.mongodb.com/download-center#community
The bin folder contains the mongo binary
Make this binary available in your Heroku instance (e.g. If you have your Heroku configured with your git repo, then checkin this binary along side your script
[Make sure the folder you are keeping this binary is in the path, safe path will be inside /bin]
When I meteor deploy my app, it seems to create an entirely new mongodb instance. I'd like to be able to deploy with the current mongodb have locally.
Same goes the other way -- I'd like to be able to download the mongodb back to my localhost after it has been deployed.
For clarification, I'd really like to know the follow:
1) how to deploy with a fresh mongodb
2) how to deploy to an existing deployed app without overwriting the old mongodb
3) how to download/sync mongodb locally with the existing deployed app
4) how to make local backups of mongodb
You can perform a mongo dump using meteor mongo to export your local database and deploy your app using Meteor Up which should also allow you to automate the database import and deployment process.
"Meteor Up (mup for short) is a command line tool that allows you to deploy any meteor app into your own server."
You can stop the mongodb service and start a mongod instance in a separate terminal, by just typing mongod. This will let you monitor what's happening on the mongodb instance that you just started.
Open another terminal and do export MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/nameOfDBgoesHere
This will create a new DB named "nameOfDBgoesHere" and it won't overwrite what you currently have, unless you name it with the same name.
After that just start meteor by typing meteor in your program's folder. In the mongod terminal that you opened you should see some connections opening.
By default mongodb creates it's DB files in /data/db. If you have another meteor app and follow the same steps in another terminal, while keeping the name of the DB you specified in the MONGO_URL you will just connect to it from that app - without overwriting anything.
As for the syncing with a deployed app and the local backups of mongo - it seems like something that the mongodb website covers, but maybe someone can chime in here. Not sure if there is a meteor specific, easy way of doing this.
I have my MONGO_URL set to mongodb://localhost:27017/meteor and have the MongoDB run as a service.
When running my project it seems OK to store data to the separate MongoDB until I tried to run meteor reset.
My assumption is it tried to remove its default database. The error complained that myproject.meteor\local is not empty and pointed to fs.js:456 which goes to files.js:256 (rm_recursive) and so on.
any idea what and how I can fix this?
$ meteor reset only resets the bundled MongoDB. It won't reset an external Mongo database.
(That's something we should explain better in the documentation.)
In your case, try connecting to the Mongo database directly (with the mongo command line shell) and running > db.dropDatabase()