MongoError: auth failed mongoose connection string

Question

I can connect to the DB through terminal, but getting this error using mongoose and gulp. mongoose/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongodb/connection/base.js:246 MongoError: auth

Answer 1

You might want to do something like this...

var opt = {
    user: config.username,
    pass: config.password,
    auth: {
        authdb: 'admin'
    }
};
var connection = mongoose.createConnection(config.database.host, 'mydatabase', config.database.port, opt);

'authdb' option is the database you created the user under.