Atlas deployments connect doesn't work locally

Marko_Jakic · 2024-04-18T19:12:46.738Z

Hi,
I want to connect to local atlas deployment, but I’m failing to do so. I’m using Atlas CLI.

What i did so far is: atlas deployments setup
After that i run the command: atlas deployments connect
In interactive shell i have options to select a deployment, i choose local one.
Next, i have 3 options: mongosh, compass, connectionString.
Mongosh and compass work, but in order to connect programmatically from my node.js app i have to choose the “connectionString”.
The string it generates is: "mongodb://localhost:27017/?directConnection=true".

Now, i use mongodb node.js driver to connect but it fails to connect.
Am i missing something here? What is the “connectionString” option for otherwise?

Best,
Marko

Massimiliano_Marcon · 2024-04-19T06:28:46.170Z

If instead of choosing mongosh in the list you choose connectionString and manually connect with mongosh, does it work? i.e.

mongosh "mongodb://localhost:27017/?directConnection=true"

if that does work, there might be some issues in your code.

Marko_Jakic · 2024-04-21T10:51:58.684Z

Hi Massimiliano,

Thanks for prompt reply!
I tried that but it doesn’t work.
I’m just getting no matches found: mongodb://localhost:27017/?directConnection=true

However when i choose mongosh as connecting method, the url it generates is this one:
mongodb://localhost:27017/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000&appName=mongosh+2.2.4
It does connect, but when i try that one manually with mongosh i’m getting parse error near "&"

Marko_Jakic · 2024-04-21T15:05:30.999Z

Actually it works when i put double quotes.
I was following the docs to setup Atlas in Docker, there was without quotes. But the docker setup didn’t work, but that’s another topic. Programmatically i can’t access using mongodb node.js driver, but mongosh and compass both work.

Massimiliano_Marcon · 2024-04-22T07:16:42.980Z

Is the node.js application running on the same host as mongosh/Compass? Or are you running it in Docker, Docker compose, or in some other configuration?

Marko_Jakic · 2024-04-23T20:20:13.022Z

I tried both, but it works now when using Docker, just instead of localhost i had to use “mongo” same as it’s defined in docker-compose. So it works now, thanks!

Demo_Reco · 2024-05-24T04:52:07.084Z

I am getting following error… ? How do you want to set up your local Atlas deployment? default

Creating your cluster local6034

1/2: Starting your local environment…

2/2: Creating your deployment local6034…

Error: failed to connect to mongodb server: server selection error: server selection timeout, current topology: { Type: Single, Servers: [{ Addr: localhost:27017, Type: Unknown, Last error: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:27017: connect: connection refused }, ] }

macpro@MacPros-Mac-Pro ~ % mongod start

zsh: command not found: mongod

macpro@MacPros-Mac-Pro ~ % mongod

zsh: command not found: mongod

macpro@MacPros-Mac-Pro ~ % mongodb

zsh: command not found: mongodb

macpro@MacPros-Mac-Pro ~ % mongo

zsh: command not found: mongo

macpro@MacPros-Mac-Pro ~ % mongod --config /usr/local/etc/mongod.conf

zsh: command not found: mongod

macpro@MacPros-Mac-Pro ~ % mongosh “mongodb://localhost:27017/?directConnection=true”

Current Mongosh Log ID: 664f42c163f0a60fd9600254

Connecting to: mongodb://localhost:27017/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000&appName=mongosh+2.2.6

MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017, connect ECONNREFUSED ::1:27017

macpro@MacPros-Mac-Pro ~ %