Clone Mongo DB from Server to localhost in Meteor App [Environment Variable]

Question

I have a Meteor App running on Modulus.net server. The App is using by many people, So I want to use the same Database Locally. I'm using Ubuntu 12.

I read other SO Posts, but none of them found useful.

I tried this code

$ export MONGO_URL=mongodb://user:[email protected]/dbId?autoReconnect=true&connectTimeoutMS=60000
$ meteor run

It throws an Error

Unexpected mongo exit code 45. Restarting.
Can't start mongod
MongoDB cannot open or obtain a lock on a file

I have also tried sudo mrt as I have installed meteorite, now the app is running but the database not changed.

I'm a newbie to Terminal, Is there any way to do that?

What happens if you explicitly set a port for mongo in the url For example: `mongodb://user:[email protected]:27017/...`. On that server, is that port open to the outside world? — David Weldon, Dec 27 '13 at 21:04
They have given this URL to connect, I have to confirm they support Port or not. — Surjith S M, Dec 29 '13 at 17:13

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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Did you replace user:pass and dbId to your username, password, and dbID?

You can use mongo mongodb://user:[email protected]/dbId to check whether you can access it or not first.

Update

Sorry for the misleading answer, mongo shell has a bug to log in while you enter the url like so. You can see here

Your code runs successfully on my computer. You can try to delete .meteor/local and then execute meteor run again.

If you want to use sudo to execute it, add the argument -E so that the environment variables will not be reset:

sudo -E meteor run

edited May 23 '17 at 10:32

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answered Dec 28 '13 at 07:56

waitingkuo

Yes. I changed the Username, password and DB ID – Surjith S M Dec 29 '13 at 17:14