How to connect Render App to Render MongoDB database

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Hello everyone!
I’ve hosted my first app on render, a chat app, however it needs a mongoDB database to run correctly.
Usually while developing the app I would use the mongoDB database that I have downloaded locally on my machine, and link it in my nodeJs file using something like “'mongodb://localhost:27017/chatApp”. However, I am not sure how to link the Render app to the render mongoDB that I deployed by following this link: Deploy MongoDB | Render · Cloud Hosting for Developers

Thank you in advance for your support!

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Hi @Guy_M,

Welcome to the Render community! Your MongoDB service should be accessible to your NodeJs app using the host:port displayed in your dashboard so something like mongodb://mongo-xyz:27017

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Hey Tyler!
Thank you for the quick reply! I was able to solve this issue by using mongoDB Atlas, the mongoDB cloud database service.

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Hi, I just created mongodb using “deploy to render” button here Deploy MongoDB | Render · Cloud Hosting for Developers

Should I be able to connect to mongodb with given host:port from my other private service without additional configuration?

I haven’t been able to connect yet

edit: I have added the mongodb://host:port to environment variables

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Solved the problem! Apparently mongo private service needed to be on same location (Frankfurt) to work as the other service

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Solved the problem! Apparently mongo private service needed to be on same location (Frankfurt) to work as the other service

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