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Henry Lay
Henry Lay
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Posted by Henry Lay
Henry Lay
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Terminal not loading when i typed in mongo

Hi guys,

had a error when i entered mongo command, and for whatever reason I can't seem to get it connected.

here was the error code on my terminal

Henrys-MacBook-Pro:treehouse-mongo-basics henrylay$ mongo MongoDB shell version v4.0.3 connecting to: mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017 2018-11-06T21:35:33.580+1100 E QUERY [js] Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1:27017, connection attempt failed: SocketException: Error connecting to 127.0.0.1:27017 :: caused by :: Connection refused : connect@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:257:13 @(connect):1:6 exception: connect failed

1 Answer

Ken Alger
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Ken Alger
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Ken Alger
Ken Alger
Treehouse Teacher

Henry;

Do you have the mongod service running on your local machine on port 27017?

To run the mongo command successfully and launch an instance of the mongo shell, you'll need to have the actual database running. Without a database to connect to, you'll typically get the error you mentioned.

Post back if you're still stuck.

Ken