How to use Node.js to make a SSH tunneling connection to a MongoDB database

Question

My credentials work perfectly with Robomongo but I can\'t make the connection with node.js
I have tried to make the connection using ssh2 and tunnel-ssh npm module and f

Answer 1

As mscdex mentioned ssh2 isn't a good module to use to make an ssh tunnel connection to a database. tunnel-ssh is more appropriate.

Here are the configuration options I've used :

dstPort: remote database connection port

localPort: same as dstPort, It'll be the port you'll use for your local machine

username: SSH username,

host: SSH address

dstHost: database connection url (...mongodbns.com) ,

privateKey: SSH key

Then once your tunnel is connected connect via mongoose to your localhost such as mondodb://localhost:27000 (use the localport you defined in localPort)

var server = tunnel(config, function (error, server) {
    if(error){
        console.log("SSH connection error: " + error);
    }
    mongoose.connect('mongodb://localhost:27000/');
    //...rest of mongoose connection
}