Connect localhost database to mongodb charts

[Nitesh_Giri]

Hello All, My mongodb databases are running on localhost, now I want to connect my localhost database to mongodb charts to visualize my data. For this mongodb charts is running on my localhost using docker.
I am having problem in connection with my new data source.

This is my connection string of my localhost, which I copied

And this is my mongodb charts

Here mongodb charts not able to connect to the localhost database.

Thank you for your help !!

[MaBeuLux88_xxx (Maxime Beugnet)]

Hi @Nitesh_Giri,

That’s because your Docker container (charts) is deployed in a subnetwork isolated from your host network. That’s how docker works basically, it’s normal & expected.

Instead, you have to provide a direct IP address to your cluster deployed on your host. You are in the case “Standalone on the Same Host” if I read that correctly.

MongoDB Charts — MongoDB Charts

Cheers,
Maxime.

[tomhollander]

You can try connecting to mongodb://host.docker.internal/... to get the container to talk to your physical local host.

Tom

[MaBeuLux88_xxx (Maxime Beugnet)]

Or mongodb://172.17.0.1/... on a Linux system I believe.

[Nitesh_Giri]

Thankyou for the reply. Got the solution. Its running on window : mongodb://host.docker.internal

[Nitesh_Giri]

A big thankyou . thats true.

[Nitesh_Giri]

Also another question, Is is possible to migrate my localhost database to mongodb Atlas where I can use mongodb charts to visualize my data . I made the cluster in mongodb atlas but there seems no way to migrate my localhost database. If there is way then please let me know. Thankyou!!

[MaBeuLux88_xxx (Maxime Beugnet)]

The easier way is to mongodump and mongorestore the entire cluster in your Atlas cluster but this will require a downtime. As I guess you are not running a production environment on your PC, that’s probably the best & easiest solution.

You can get the command line for mongodump & mongorestore in the “Cmd Line Tools” tab in your cluster in Atlas.

You could also use the live migration tool that only requires a restart of your production backend with the new MongoDB URI to point to the new DB in Atlas. But it’s more complicated to set up.

Cheers,
Max.