Node.js + express.js + passport.js : stay authenticated between server restart

Question

I use passport.js to handle auth on my nodejs + express.js application. I setup a LocalStrategy to take users from mongodb

My problems is that users have to re-authenticate when I restart my node server. This is a problem as I am actively developing it and don't wan't to login at every restart... (+ I use node supervisor)

Here is my app setup :

app.configure(function(){     app.use('/static', express.static(__dirname + '/static'));     app.use(express.bodyParser());     app.use(express.methodOverride());     app.use(express.cookieParser());     app.use(express.session({secret:'something'}));     app.use(passport.initialize());     app.use(passport.session());     app.use(app.router); }); 

And session serializing setup :

passport.serializeUser(function(user, done) {     done(null, user.email); });  passport.deserializeUser(function(email, done) {     User.findOne({email:email}, function(err, user) {         done(err, user);     }); }); 

I tried the solution given on a blog (removed the link as it does not exist any more) using connect-mongodb without success

app.use(express.session({     secret:'something else',     cookie: {maxAge: 60000 * 60 * 24 * 30}, // 30 days         store: MongoDBStore({         db: mongoose.connection.db     }) })); 

EDIT additional problem : only one connection should be made (use of one connexion limited mongohq free service)

EDIT 2 solution (as an edition as I my reputation is to low to answer my question by now

Here is the solution I finally found, using mongoose initiated connection

app.use(express.session({     secret:'awesome unicorns',     maxAge: new Date(Date.now() + 3600000),     store: new MongoStore(         {db:mongoose.connection.db},         function(err){             console.log(err || 'connect-mongodb setup ok');         }) })); 

Answer 1

There's an opensource called connect-mongo that does exactly what you need - persists the session data in mongodb

usage example (with a reuse of mongoose opened connection) :

var session = require('express-session'); var MongoStore = require('connect-mongo')(session); var mongoose = require('mongoose'); mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost/sess'); app.use(express.session({     secret:'secret',     maxAge: new Date(Date.now() + 3600000),     store: new MongoStore(     // Following lines of code doesn't work     // with the connect-mongo version 1.2.1(2016-06-20).     //    {db:mongoose.connection.db},     //    function(err){     //        console.log(err || 'connect-mongodb setup ok');     //   }     {mongooseConnection:mongoose.connection}     )         })); 

you can read more about it here: https://github.com/kcbanner/connect-mongo