In Meteor.js, how would I have two development projects use the same Mongo instance?

Question

I would like to have two separate applications use the same Mongo DB instance, and since I am developing them at the same time I would like to be able to share the same deve

Answer 1

Yeah, you can just start meteor with the MONGO_URL parameter like:

$ MONGO_URL="mongodb://localhost:27017/myapp" meteor

or

$ MONGO_URL="mongodb://localhost:27017/myapp" meteor --port 4000

This assumes you have mongodb installed on your system. See this question for ways to make this process a little easier by using environment variables or a start script.