mongoDB, connection refused

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conf.set( "mongo.input.uri" , "mongodb://127.0.0.1/stackoverflow.mrtest" );
conf.set( "mongo.output.uri" , "mongodb://127.0.0.1/stackoverflow.mrtest_out2" );

the code runs without error when the host is localhost or 127.0.0.1. But when the host changed to my ip wlan0 192.168.1.102, it returned the following error

Cluster created with settings {hosts=[192.168.1.102:27017], mode=SINGLE, requiredClusterType=UNKNOWN, serverSelectionTimeout='30000 ms', maxWaitQueueSize=500}
Exception in monitor thread while connecting to server 192.168.1.102:27017
com.mongodb.MongoSocketOpenException: Exception opening socket
    at com.mongodb.connection.SocketStream.open(SocketStream.java:63)
    at com.mongodb.connection.InternalStreamConnection.open(InternalStreamConnection.java:114)
    at com.mongodb.connection.DefaultServerMonitor$ServerMonitorRunnable.run(DefaultServerMonitor.java:127)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.net.ConnectException: connection refused
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.doConnect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:350)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:206)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.connect(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:188)
    at java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(SocksSocketImpl.java:392)
    at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:589)
    at com.mongodb.connection.SocketStreamHelper.initialize(SocketStreamHelper.java:50)
    at com.mongodb.connection.SocketStream.open(SocketStream.java:58)
    ... 3 more

I have open the port 27017.

sudo iptables -A INPUT -ptcp --dport 27017 -j ACCEPT

My OS is Ubuntu 14.04.

How should I fix it? Thank you!

Answer 1

By default MongoDB only binds to the loopback interface which makes it only accessible from localhost. To change that you need to edit this line in mongod.conf file;

# /etc/mongod.conf

# Listen to local interface only. Comment out to listen on all interfaces.
bind_ip = 127.0.0.1

you can change it to bind_ip = 127.0.0.1,192.168.1.102 to allow LAN and local connections or you can remove or comment out that line to allow all connections.

For more info : MongoDB – Allow remote access