mongodb, replicates and error: { “$err” : “not master and slaveOk=false”, “code” : 13435 }

Question

I tried mongo replica sets for the first time.

I am using ubuntu on ec2 and I booted up three instances. I used the private IP address of each of the instances. I p

Answer 1

THIS IS JUST A NOTE FOR ANYONE DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM USING THE RUBY DRIVER

I had this same problem when using the Ruby Gem.

To set slaveOk in Ruby, you just pass it as an argument when you create the client like this:

mongo_client = MongoClient.new("localhost", 27017, { slave_ok: true })

https://github.com/mongodb/mongo-ruby-driver/wiki/Tutorial#making-a-connection

mongo_client = MongoClient.new # (optional host/port args)

Notice that 'args' is the third optional argument.