Connect To MongoDB on a Vagrant box from the host

2014-08-06 post vagrant mongodb tools

Yesterday I finished a little project to set up a reusable Vagrant box for MongoDB and Perl Mojolicious experiments. That project is okay as it is right now, but I would like to get at MongoDB from the host system.

It is not painfully difficult, but it would be easy for me to forget. That is why I made a post out of it.

Adjust the Vagrantfile so that the MongoDB guest port is forwarded to a host port.

    VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION = "2"

Vagrant.configure(VAGRANTFILE_API_VERSION) do |config|

  # Use Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit
  config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"

  # Install system requirements
  config.vm.provision "shell", path: "bootstrap/system.sh"
  
  # Configure guest services to be accessible on host
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 3000, host: 3000
  config.vm.network "forwarded_port", guest: 27017, host: 27017
end
  

Inside the box, comment out the bind_ip line from /etc/mongod.conf.

    # Listen to local interface only. Comment out to listen on all interfaces.
# bind_ip = 127.0.0.1
  

Restart the mongod service.

    $ sudo service mongod restart
  

Connect to Mongo from the host using whatever interface you prefer. I have been enjoying Robomongo.