| title | description | code | author |
|---|---|---|---|
Setting up a cloud development database |
Instructions on how to setup a cloud database for development. |
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grahamsh |
Sometimes when you're developing it might not be possible to run a database locally. These steps should help with getting a cloud database from Mongo Atlas and get it configured in your .env file. This is meant for development, it is not recommended for production.
- First, make an account at https://www.mongodb.com/cloud/atlas/register. Fill out the fields, or sign in with Google.
- When it prompts you to pick a provider, pick any option
- Pick the free plan
- Keep the default settings for server options, and submit
- On the home screen, wait for the blue status bar to disappear.
- While you are waiting, follow the readme instructions until .env
- After it finishes, go to "Database Access" on the sidebar
- Set up a user. Add a username, and a password, then submit
- After completing that, go to "Network Access"
- Click "Add IP Address"
- Select "All", and then confirm
- Once the blue status bar is gone, click "Clusters", and then "Collections"
- Click "Add my own data"
- Set up a database with the name "social" and a collection with the name "users"
- Now, go back to clusters
- Click "Connect"
- Click "Connect your application"
- Copy the URL in the middle of the popup
- Run
npm run setup- Open the repo in vscode (or any editor) and create a file called .env
- Add the text "DB_URL=", and paste the copied string after the = sign
- Replace with your password, and with "social"
- Save the file
- Finish the readme instructions, skipping the .env section