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Mongodb can't connect to localhost but can connect to localhost's IP address

If I try to run mongodb shell with the mongo command alone, I get:

Error: couldn't connect to server 127.0.0.1 shell/mongo.js:84

exception: connect failed

However, if I stipulate localhost's LAN IP address like this:

mongo 10.10.5.90

...it connects fine.

Any clues??

Solution

  • Do you have a bind_ip set in your mongodb.conf (or startup script)? edit for clarity A bind_ip setting limits the IP it will listen on to that IP only.

    See the IP Address Binding section: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Security+and+Authentication

    If not, do you have any firewall rules blocking the localhost access? That would be kind of strange, but I can't think of another reason why it wouldn't work while the LAN IP would work.