we have an EC2 MongoDB 2.4 instance from Amazon MarketPlace.
when i try to access it from my computer using the mongo command like so:
mongo xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com
i get the following error
Error: couldn't connect to server xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com:27017 at src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:147
exception: connect failed
i can connect to the remote instance using ssh so it is reachable.
the port is the default port 27017.
mongod is running and working on the remote instance.
any suggestions on how to fix this?
As frisky said, you have to open the port 27017 at the EC2 Security Group Console.
(To know more about how to do that: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/authorizing-access-to-an-instance.html)
But you also need to change the bind_ip variable at the /etc/mongodb.conf file. You need to comment the line or assign the ip that will be able to connect the DB to it.
The following two steps enabled the remote connection for me:
Opening the inbound rould for my VPC at port 27017
VPC -> Security -> Security Groups -> choose your instance's TCP roule -> click "Edit Rules" -> add a rule with Type: "Custom TCP Rule", Protocol: TCP, Port Range: 27017, Source: Custom 0.0.0.0/0 -> save
SSH into your instance -> sudo vi /etc/mongod.conf -> set bindIp: 0.0.0.0 -> save -> sudo service mongod restart
After that you will be able to connect into you remote mongo instance with mongo --host YOUR_INSTANCE_IP
Since mongod is running and working on the remote instance, you can access your MongoDB content via
mongo xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com or
mongo machine_elastic_IP
Before that you need to open Inbound port for that machine.By-default port 27017 is closed for external world.
For more info refer : http://docs.aws.amazon.com/gettingstarted/latest/wah/getting-started-security-group.html
Amazon created mongo security group without 27017 open.
opening port 27017 to my pc fixed the issue.
Try to access xx-xx-xx-xx-xx.compute-1.amazonaws.com:27017 from browser, if it works then ssh into the instance.
Stop the mongodb server
Remove the file /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.lock
start the mongodb server again, and check if typing mongo takes into a mongo shell or gives any error.
If the error is present, exit from the instance and again ssh to check for $mongo, if it opens a mongo shell. Try a reboot after this changes if the error still exists after the above changes.
The only concern here is, before accessing it from any application. Mongodb should work independently in the terminal.
EC2 controls access using security group, so make sure that box accessing mongo db host is in the security group allowed to access this box and port is enabled for the same security group.
Another problem can be iptables. Check sudo service iptables status on the mongodb box and see what are the rules there.
Make sure there you enable appropriate ports as per security requirement of the box.
Related
I have Windows 10 machine where MongoDB is installed. I can connect it from a command line. I run NodeJS app with sam local. When I use a production environment, the app can access Mongo Atlas cloud instance. But when I switch to a dev environment with localhost MongoDB it fails to connect.
The sam command starts Docker so it is clear why it cannot connect Mongo running on windows localhost. I found relevant question: From inside of a Docker container, how do I connect to the localhost of the machine?. The problem is that I still cannot connect my local MongoDB, even if I try:
"MONGODB_URI": "mongodb://docker.for.win.localhost:27018/bud?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
or
"MONGODB_URI": "mongodb://host.docker.internal:27018/bud?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
Error:
Request failed { MongoNetworkError: failed to connect to server [docker.for.win.localhost:27018] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 192.168.65.2:27018]
Has anybody faced this issue as well and overcome it? Mongo is installed directly to windows, not in Docker.
If MongoDB is installed and running directly from windows, it should be accessible via localhost:27017. Default port for mongod is 27017, as described in mongoDB documentation page.
Try using:
"MONGODB_URI": "mongodb://localhost:27017/bud?retryWrites=true&w=majority"
If you are using NETWORKS_DRIVER other than bridge for your NodeJS docker container, which is set by default. Refer to Docker Network drivers
Other cases:
The default port for mongod is 27018 when running with --shardsvr command-line option or the shardsvr value for the clusterRole setting in a configuration file.
The default port for mongod is 27019 when running with --configsvr command-line option or the configsvr value for the clusterRole setting in a configuration file.
Remember, that localhost (or any name) is just for your convinience. Tcp stack works on ip addresses. If you configure dns service (e.g. via hosts file) to resolve name to 127.0.0.1 for container it doesn't mean your host, but 127.0.0.1 points to the container, always.
You could make mongo service to listen on your main ip and use it for docker app, but you can also leverage hyper-v virtual network cards and setup mongo to listen not only on host's loopback interface, but also on the virtual one and give docker app ip of that interface. It remains on your virtual lan, therefore it's not exposed to public. However, windows firewall might block it, so make sure you set it up as private network (it will be marked as unidentified and by default is public, which usually has stuff blocked).
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.
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.
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.
UPDATED:
I just start to deal with a new VPS and i am trying to connect its port 27017 (mongodb database) from localhost (using robomongo).
It's working on my localhost machine and with another remote server, but i can't connect mongodb on this VPS, what could cause this issue ?
I start it this way:
mongod --setParameter enableLocalhostAuthBypass=0 --config /etc/mongodb.conf --fork
with the auth = true uncommented in the /etc/mongodb.conf file (but it looks like the issue is not that i can't auth but mongodb is not responding at all).
When i start mongo admin -u root -p root by being connected with SSH, it works great (i can connect my database) and i can see that mongodb is well listenning on the port 27017.
But when i try to access it from my local machine, it can't establish the connection, and if i try to connect it with my browser, i am supposed to get a mongodb error message: You are trying to access MongoDB on the native driver port. For http diagnostic access, add 1000 to the port number but i don't, i just have a failure page with Chrome (and the port 28017 is not responding either).
How to solve this ? My VPS is brand new and i could need to install more packages but i really don't see what could be need for this, it also looks like a firewall issue, like something prevent mongodb and response before the request could reach it, i have juste installed apache2 and nginx and they are not running so i really don't see...
Ok, I have found the issue!
There is a line bind_ip 127.0.0.1 in the /etc/mongod.conf file.
It provides access only to the specified IP address to mongodb.
You should create an array of IPs and edit the config file as:
bind_ip [127.0.0.1, x.x.x.x, ...]
Where x.x.x.x is your IP.
i resolved this issue with file(/etc/mongod.conf)
commenting out as follows:
#bindIp: 127.0.0.1 # Listen to local interface only, comment to listen on all interfaces.