How do I use an existing MongoDB in a Meteor project?

Question

Let's say there is a running MongoDB server for a GUI client (by wxPython) for a while.

How could I connect my new Meteor project to my already existing MongoDB?

Answer 1

Use the environment variable MONGO_URL. Something like:

export MONGO_URL=mongodb://localhost:27017/your_db 

Replace your_db with meteor or whatever db you want to use.

Answer 2

We use npm:

• Create a package.json file with npm init, if you don't have one already.

• Enter and modify the following line in that file (replacing all the <...>'s):

"scripts": {"meteor": "MONGO_URL=mongodb://<USER>:<PASSWORD>@<SERVER>:<PORT>/<DB> meteor"} 

• You can then start meteor with just npm run meteor