How to allow remote connections from mongo docker container

Question

I am using the official mongodb docker container. I want to connect to the mongodb container from my host machine on port 27017. I ran the container with these ports exposed

-p 27017:27017

I am not able to connect (connection refused) and I believe its because the mongo conf file is not configured to allow remote connections. How can I configure it to allow? The official container does not have vi/nano installed to modify the image.

I am able to connect to mongodb from another container by creating a link - however this is not my wish

Answer 1

Better solutions for furthering:
https://blog.madisonhub.org/setting-up-a-mongodb-server-with-auth-on-docker/ https://docs.mongodb.com/v2.6/tutorial/add-user-administrator/

My answer to another question. How to enable authentication on MongoDB through Docker?

Here's what I did for the same problem, and it worked.

1. Run the mongo docker instance on your server

   docker run -d -p 27017:27017 -v ~/dataMongo:/data/db mongo
   

2. Open bash on the running docker instance.

   docker ps
   

   CONTAINER IDIMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES

   b07599e429fb mongo "docker-entrypoint..." 35 minutes ago Up 35 minutes 0.0.0.0:27017->27017/tcp musing_stallman

   docker exec -it b07599e429fb bash
   root@b07599e429fb:/#
   

   Reference- https://github.com/arunoda/meteor-up-legacy/wiki/Accessing-the-running-Mongodb-docker-container-from-command-line-on-EC2

3. Enter the mongo shell by typing mongo.

   root@b07599e429fb:/# mongo
   

4. For this example, I will set up a user named ian and give that user read & write access to the cool_db database.

   > use cool_db
   
   > db.createUser({
       user: 'ian',
       pwd: 'secretPassword',
       roles: [{ role: 'readWrite', db:'cool_db'}]
   })
   

   Reference: https://ianlondon.github.io/blog/mongodb-auth/ (First point only)

5. Exit from mongod shell and bash.

6. Now run the mongo docker with auth enabled.

   docker run -d -p 27017:27017 -v ~/dataMongo:/data/db mongo mongod --auth
   

   Reference: How to enable authentication on MongoDB through Docker? (Usman Ismail's answer to this question)

7. I was able to connect to the instance running on a Google Cloud server from my local windows laptop using the below command.

   mongo <ip>:27017/cool_db -u ian -p secretPassword
   

   Reference: how can I connect to a remote mongo server from Mac OS terminal