mongoDB error: Error: failed to connect to [localhost:27017]

Question

I'm trying to install habitrpg locally but I keep getting a mongoDB error after typing node src/seed.js:

Error: failed to connect to [localhost:27017]

I saw on other questions with the same error people have suggested typing in 'mongod' and that fixes it by creating a local server. I get the error:

-bash: mongod: command not found

Can't figure out what's wrong. Any ideas?

Answer 1

1. Open CMD (In Windows) or terminal (In Ubuntu).

2. type command >cd PATH_FOR_MONGODB_BIN_FOLDER

   cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin

   for ubuntu command will be same :

   cd /home/MongoDB/Server/3.2/bin

3. then type command >mongod --dbpath PATH_FOR_DATA_FOLDER

   mongod --dbpath C:\data\db

   For ubuntu command will be :

   ./mongod --dbpath /home/data/db

   you can specify any folder as data folder.

4. Wait till CMD or Terminal shows "waiting for connections"

   2016-09-01T21:38:33.170+0530 I NETWORK [initandlisten] waiting for connections on port 27017

5. Then open new CMD or terminal window.

6. type command >cd PATH_FOR_MONGODB_BIN_FOLDER ( same as step 3 )

   cd C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\3.2\bin

   Don't close previous window of cmd or teminal.

7. then run mongodb by typing "mongo" in windows or "./mongo" in ubuntu

   mongo

   For ubuntu

   ./mongo

8. After mongodb run successfully you can close previous CMD window.

Answer 2

You don't have MongoDB installed. Follow the directions for your system to install it: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/installation/

From the habitRPG docs:

Before starting make sure to have MongoDB, NodeJS and npm and Git installed and set up.