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Sanket Kale
447 PointsHow to host mongo db database for an mobile application?
If I would like to locally host a mongoDB database on my PC for a test mobile application, can I do that? If yes, then how?
1 Answer
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherSanket;
Running mongod essentially turns your PC into a MongoDB server. In order to connect to it from a mobile device you will need to set up your PC to have an IP address that is accessible from the internet. There are obviously many security implications with that as well.
For testing purposes, or if this project is strictly an academic exercise, you could write your mobile app to connect to your PC's IP address that is on your own local network to make sure that everything works.
Hope that helps and post back with further questions.
Happy coding,
Ken
Jesse Thompson
10,684 PointsHello Ken,
What online service would you recommend hosting a mongoDB server on?
Ken Alger
Treehouse TeacherJesse;
I would look at their Atlas offering for cloud storage. It's convenient and they offer a free tier to get started.
Ken
Sanket Kale
447 PointsSanket Kale
447 PointsJust to elaborate, I am trying to make an mobile application that reads blog related data from a database and displays in the application. Now these blog data should come directly from a mongodb database and not via any middleware webservice or something just for better speed. Now the question is how to turn my local PC into a database server for mongoDB so that my mobile application will be able to make connection to it and communicate the data.