MongoError: failed to connect to server [localhost:27017] on first connect

Question

I have paid a membership and downloaded this project. After npm install and node app.js, it returns the following error:

Does anyone know what\

Answer 1

First open another terminal an run command mongod to start your mongoDB

Then again start you node server npm start or if you have "nodemon" then using nodemon

I think now everything will be fine it will show

Mongoose connected to mongodb://localhost/your_database