[Error: failed to connect to [localhost:27017]] from NodeJS to mongodb

Question

I am having problem connecting to MongoDB from NodeJS using following sample code. I tried running \"mongod\" with or without sudo but nodejs code still fail to connect. I a

Answer 1

Somebody on Github found a solution: Instead of writing:

Mongoose.connect(config.database.url);

Write:

Mongoose.connect(config.database.url, {
  keepAlive: true,
  reconnectTries: Number.MAX_VALUE,
  useMongoClient: true
});

(Source https://github.com/Automattic/mongoose/issues/5399)