Mongodb: failed to connect to server on first connect

Question

I get the following error:

Warning { MongoError: failed to connect to server [mongodb:27017] on first connect
    at Pool. (/Users/michaelks         


        

Answer 1

Adding one more answer as the solution is from different contexts:

MongoDb Atlas problem solution

I connected to MongoDB Atlas and whitelisted my machine's IP by following the below steps:

• Go to the security tab

• Go to the network access tab under the security tab

• Go to the IP whitelist tab

• Enter the IP address of your machine

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