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

Answer 1

I'm using mongoose, I tried the code presented in the answers above and it didn't work for me. I got this error when I did:

Error: db object already connecting, open cannot be called multiple times

However, this works for me:

app.use(express.session({
    secret:'secret',
    maxAge: new Date(Date.now() + 3600000),
    store: new MongoStore({mongoose_connection:mongoose.connection})
}))

Note: If you don't have MongoStore for whatever reason, you need to do:

npm install connect-mongo --save

then:

var MongoStore = require('connect-mongo')(express)