Setup MongoDB on Windows Server 2008

Question

I'm new to mongoDB and like it so far, I work local for my dev where I have mongo running as service on Win7. I have it allso running as a service on my VPS on Win server 2008. When I am on the server it works fine but I don't know hos to set it up so I can acces it from outside of the server? Can't find any good documentation on that. Also, I'm having hard time to do backup/restore on the server from my local computer since I can't see it from outside of the server.

I would like to have more information also on the master/slave and hos to set this up properly.

When I run netstat -anb I get

  TCP    127.0.0.1:27017        0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING
 [mongod.exe]
  TCP    127.0.0.1:27017        127.0.0.1:62990        ESTABLISHED
 [mongod.exe]
  TCP    127.0.0.1:28017        0.0.0.0:0              LISTENING

That's all I have for mongod.exe

[Edit]

I tried to reinstall with --bind_ip xxx.x.x.xx and now the xxx.x.x.xx:27017 works but only on the remote server, if I try to access from anywhere it fails.

Also, I turned off the firewall and it does not change anything.

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

Install mongo and setup

1. Install mongodb with windows service checked

2. Allow specific port in firewall: 27017

3. In the mongod.cfg (at C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin), just comment bindIp: 127.0.0.1 and add new line bindIp: 0.0.0.0:

    # network interfaces
    net:
      port: 27017
    #  bindIp: 127.0.0.1
      bindIp: 0.0.0.0

Last two steps will allow you remote access

create user

1. Open cmd go to path of installation, for example C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin

2. in cmd type mongo C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.4\bin>mongo

3. then type use admin (admin is database) and at the end

4. db.createUser( { user: "adminName", pwd: "xxxxxx", roles: ["readWrite"] })

5. restart mongo service in services

Answer 2

I think I found how to achieve it. First of all, allow the port 27017 on your firewall. Then I installed Mongo as a service using a configuration file. I created the mongos.conf like this:

dbpath = d:\mongo\data
logpath = d:\mongo\logs
noauth = true # use 'true' for options that don't take an argument

I saved it under: d:\mongo\mongos.conf

Then I did this in the command line:

mongod --config d:\mongo\mongos.conf --reinstall

The key is to make sure there is no bind_ip config key in your configuration file. So it will allow mongo to be binded to any ip. You should then be able to go to

http://localhost:27017 and see the following message:

You are trying to access MongoDB on the native driver port. For http diagnostic access, add 1000 to the port number

And you should also be able to go to:

http://192.168.x.x:27017 (your ip) and you should see the same output.

Answer 3

In the mongod.cfg (at C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\4.0\bin), just update:

# network interfaces
net:
  port: 27017
#  bindIp: 127.0.0.1
  bindIp: 0.0.0.0

let the mongo db bing to 0.0.0.0 i.e. all interfaces and not only 127.0.0.1. Then it will allow connections to all interfaces.

Answer 4

Try running this command from an admin DOS prompt to open external access to the default MongoDB port 27017:

C:\> netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="MongoDB (port 27017)"
        dir=in action=allow protocol=TCP localport=27017