MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 172.18.44.22:27017 (Windows Server 2019/Windows 10)

Question

I installed:

• MongoDB v7.0.5 as a service on the Windows Server 2019.
• Mongosh v2.1.5 on the Windows 10

But when trying to connect the MongoDB server on the Windows Server 2019 from the Windows 10 I receive the following error:

MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 172.18.44.22:27017

I checked:

• MongoDB service is running
• The Windows Firewall is configured don't block port 27017 (in/out)

I checked a lot of posts on StackOverflow: most of these related to Linux, the rest are describing solutions that don't help.

What might be problem?

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When I launch mongosh locally on the Windows Server 2019 it is running without a problem.

Thanks

Answer 1

Double click on the service and have a look at "Path to Executable", should be something like C:\Program Files\MongoDB\mongod.exe --config ...

Have a look at the config file, most likely it contains these lines:

net:
  port: 27017
  bindIp: localhost

Which means, the MongoDB listens to localhost and you can connect only from your local machine. To enable connections from other computers change it to

net:
  port: 27017
  bindIpAll: true

and restart the service.