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Mongodump connection refused error: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

I'm trying to backup my local mongodb on windows 11. When I run the monogdump command I get this error:

 mongodump -h localhost --port 21017  -d aws_inventories --username username  --out dump3 --ssl
2023-07-04T10:59:18.460-0400    Failed: can't create session: could not connect to server: server selection error: server selection timeout, current topology: { Type: Single, Servers: [{ Addr: localhost:21017, Type: Unknown, Last error: connection() error occurred during connection handshake: dial tcp [::1]:21017: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it. }, ] }

That happens after I enter in the password manually.

However I can connect to the database using mongosh:

mongosh
Connecting to:          mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/?directConnection=true&serverSelectionTimeoutMS=2000&appName=mongosh+1.5.4
Using MongoDB:          6.0.5
Using Mongosh:          1.5.4

For mongosh info see: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell/

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   The server generated these startup warnings when booting
   2023-07-04T09:59:07.616-04:00: Access control is not enabled for the database. Read and write access to data and configuration is unrestricted
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Warning: Found ~/.mongorc.js, but not ~/.mongoshrc.js. ~/.mongorc.js will not be loaded.
  You may want to copy or rename ~/.mongorc.js to ~/.mongoshrc.js.

How can I get past this error?

Solution

  • You have a typo:

    mongodump -h localhost --port 21017   # oops.   Should be 27017

    The reason mongosh works is because you are not specifying any options and by default it is connecting on port 27017.