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JavaScript Build a REST API With Express Modeling Data for the API Connecting Mongoose to MongoDB

Posted by Jack Jackson
Jack Jackson
6,082 Points

How do you start mongo server? You don't mention it in the video.

How do you start mongo server? You don't mention it in the video.

Alessandro Calorì
Alessandro Calorì
10,241 Points

Actually he does in the previous videos of this course.

Kristofer Doman
Kristofer Doman
18,307 Points

I watched all the videos, pretty sure he doesn't.

Alessandro Calorì
Alessandro Calorì
10,241 Points

You're right. He talks about it in the "Mongo basics" course. Sorry, I'm following the JS track and I mixed the videos... :P

4 Answers

Simon McKeon
Simon McKeon
15,517 Points
Simon McKeon
Simon McKeon
15,517 Points

Run the following command in the terminal.

mongod
Kristofer Doman
Kristofer Doman
18,307 Points

-bash: mongod: command not found

Which is weird, cause I did npm install as he did in the video.

S P
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S P
Courses Plus Student 433 Points
S P
S P
Courses Plus Student 433 Points

Kristofer Doman you did npm install of Mongoose, but do you have Mongo installed?

Scott Millner
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Scott Millner
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 15,139 Points

That was my problem: I didn't have mongodb installed as a dependency.

Mira Chen
Mira Chen
143 Points
Mira Chen
Mira Chen
143 Points

install mongodb: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/administration/install-community/

then run mongod in the terminal.

Satyajeet Poradia
Satyajeet Poradia
7,434 Points

The manual is very helpful for newbie.. Thanks, Mira Chen

Edvards Valbahs
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Edvards Valbahs
Courses Plus Student 23,881 Points
Edvards Valbahs
Edvards Valbahs
Courses Plus Student 23,881 Points

for Ubuntu linux: sudo service mongod start