MongoDB setup with node.js: Error: failed to connect to [localhost:27017]

Question

I am getting the error: \"failed to connect to [localhost:27017]\" while trying to follow this tutorial.

I\'ve been attempting to do several other node.js tutorials with

Answer 1

Just for my curiousity, can you do

npm install mongoose

and also post the output from

ps -ef | grep mongod

All on the the machine you are running node from. That would go a long way towards the rest of an answer.

Also follow the simple sample code right after here, substitute the database name and a collection name and run that on node

node sample.js

Edit your post to include more information. It will all help.