Cannot access mongodb through browser - It looks like you are trying to access MongoDB over HTTP on the native driver port

Question

I open terminal and enter the following commands

sudo mongod

which then outputs

[initandlisten] waiting for connections on port         


        

Answer 1

I am in ubuntu 14.04 and mongod is registered as an upstart service. The answers in this post sent me in the right direction. The only adaptation I had to do to make things work with the upstart service was to edit /etc/mongod.conf. Look for the lines that read:

# Enable the HTTP interface (Defaults to port 28017).
# httpinterface = true

Just remove the # in front of httpinterface and restart the mongod service:

sudo restart mongod

Note: You can also enable the rest interface by adding a line that reads rest=true right below the httpinterface line mentioned above.