ECONNREFUSED error when connecting to mongodb from node.js

Question

I know I\'m doing some very stupid and noobish, but I\'m hoping someone can help me set up a basic database connection to mongodb from node.js on a mac.

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Answer 1

ECONNREFUSED error

There are few reasons of this error in node :

1. Your port is already serving some service so it will refuse your connection.

   go to command line and get pid by using following command

   $ lsof -i:port_number

   Now kill pid by using

   $ kill -9 pid(which you will get by above command)

2. Your server is not running e.g. in this case please check your mongoose server is running or run by using following command.

   $ mongod

3. There is also possibility your localhost is not configured properly so use 127.0.0.1:27017 instead of localhost.