I'm trying to connect my Nodejs application to MongoDB Atlas but it's throwing an error.

Here is the error message:

This is the error in the catch block: MongooseServerSelectionError: read ECONNRESET DB connection error: read ECONNRESET

Below is the code for my Nodejs application:

const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const dotenv = require("dotenv");
dotenv.config();

//db connection
mongoose
  .connect(process.env.MONGO_URI, {
    useNewUrlParser: true,
    useUnifiedTopology: true
  })
  .then(() => console.log("DB Connected"))
  .catch(err => {
    console.log("This is the error in the catch block: " + err);
  });

mongoose.connection.on("error", err => {
  console.log(`DB connection error: ${err.message}`);
});

NOTE:- I declared .env file in which I have a variable MONGO_URI to hold the secret key required for connecting to MongoDB Atlas.

I'm trying to connect my Nodejs application to MongoDB Atlas but it's throwing an error.

Here is the error message:

This is the error in the catch block: MongooseServerSelectionError: read ECONNRESET DB connection error: read ECONNRESET

Below is the code for my Nodejs application:

const mongoose = require("mongoose");
const dotenv = require("dotenv");
dotenv.config();

//db connection
mongoose
  .connect(process.env.MONGO_URI, {
    useNewUrlParser: true,
    useUnifiedTopology: true
  })
  .then(() => console.log("DB Connected"))
  .catch(err => {
    console.log("This is the error in the catch block: " + err);
  });

mongoose.connection.on("error", err => {
  console.log(`DB connection error: ${err.message}`);
});

NOTE:- I declared .env file in which I have a variable MONGO_URI to hold the secret key required for connecting to MongoDB Atlas.

• javascript
• node.js
• mongodb
• backend
• mongodb-atlas

Share Improve this question Follow edited Mar 3, 2020 at 5:02 AnonSar asked Mar 3, 2020 at 3:58 AnonSarAnonSar 70622 gold badges99 silver badges2727 bronze badges 2

• Did you whitelist your IP address on Atlas? – Tunmise Ogunniyi Commented Mar 3, 2020 at 13:29
• Atlas requires SSL by default, does your connection string call for that? – Joe Commented Mar 3, 2020 at 22:24

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Sorted by: Reset to default 7

I was connected to a Wi-Fi connection that was having some policies due to which it was placing some restrictions and thus I was getting the above error.

I connected to another Wi-Fi connection ( not having any policies or restrictions ) and that fixed my problem.

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