ezPAARSE

# MongoDB connection issues

# Cannot connect to mongodb://localhost:27017/ezpaarse

On fresh installs, you may encounter an issue when running make :

MongoDB
  ✖ Cannot connect to mongodb://localhost:27017/ezpaarse

If you're sure that your instance MongoDB is running and ready (systemctl and mongosh can help to check that), it may come from the fact that the DNS has both IPv4 and IPv6 records for localhost, so the Nodejs driver tries to connect using IPv6. However, MongoDB does not listen to IPv6 by default, so the connection fails.

# Solution A: Force ezPAARSE to use IPv4

Force ezPAARSE to use IPv4 by creating a config.local.json file and replacing localhost by 127.0.0.1 in the MongoDB URL.

{
  "EZPAARSE_MONGO_URL": "mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/ezpaarse"
}

# Solution B: Allow MongoDB to listen for IPv6

Edit the MongoDB configuration to make it listen to IPv6. In /etc/mongod.conf:

net:
  port: 27017
  bindIp: 127.0.0.1,::1
  ipv6: true

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