Mongoose Can't Connect Without Internet

Question

I have my MongoDB server running on localhost:27017, and while I can usually run my Node.js app fine, when I disconnect from the internet Mongoose throws the er

Answer 1

Consider node-offline-localhost.

Add the following before the breaking code:

require('node-offline-localhost').always();

And it just works (hopefully), at least until RFC 3493 gets fixed.

Full disclosure: I authored this package to streamline https in my dev environment when offline.

Answer 2

Use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost. By turning off your wifi interface the OS is no longer able to resolve localhost.