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

Do you have a user set up for dbname? By default, no user is required to connect to the database unless you explicitly set one. If you haven't, you should just try to connect to mongodb://localhost:27017/dbname and see if you still get an error.