I've created service instance of service from the market place e.g. instance of mongoDB and my question if I want to develop locally (on my local machine )and connect to this service instance how can I do it?
I want to test my app against created instance of backing service ,how i can do it simple ...? Example will be very helpful
UPDATE: I try to connect to MongoDB instance which is on cloud foundry from my locall app. (If I put the app I was able to connect successfully but I want to connect from my local pc i.e. run my application locally)
I got the following db (json) credentials:
{
"mongodb": [
{
"credentials": {
"dbname": "CFad18ZNGYzzrrts",
"hostname": "10.11.123.30",
"password": "RttomuAV9yvhwHm_",
"port": "36232",
"ports": {
"27017/tcp": "36232",
"28017/tcp": "49255"
},
"uri": "mongodb://xppt7gdk1G9Y1pd3:RttomuAV9yvhwHm_@10.11.123.30:36232/CFad18ZNGYzzrrts",
"username": "xppt7gdk1G9Y1pd3"
},
"label": "mongodb",
"name": "mod",
"plan": "v3.0-container",
"provider": null,
"syslog_drain_url": null,
"tags": [
"mongodb",
"document"
],
"volume_mounts": []
},
when I connect to this DB via push my I did the following which works
if (process.env.VCAP_SERVICES) {
var val = JSON.parse(process.env.VCAP_SERVICES)
mongoose.connect(val['mongodb'][0].credentials.uri, function (err) {
... Now I copy the config above to my project (under config/config.json) and try to connect from my local app via this and its not working
var config = require('../config/config.json');
mongoose.connect(val['mongodb'][0].credentials.uri, function (err
The error is
failed to connect to server [10.11.123.30:36232] on first connect
at Pool.<anonymous> (/Users/f53356/WebstormProjects/dlStackDemo/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/topologies/server.js:325:35)
at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
at Pool.emit (events.js:188:7)
Any idea how to over come this, I use the URI when my app running on CF but now Im not able to run it from my pc locally and connect to the service instance in CF,any idea?
Ryan,
The mongodb service is an experimental service available in Bluemix that you can access only via a Cloud Foundry application, hence you cannot connect it from your local machine.
If you want to use a MongoDB database in Bluemix and have your application connect to it you can use the Compose for MongoDB service:
https://console.ng.bluemix.net/catalog/services/compose-for-mongodb
Once you a create an instance of this service it will also create default credentials. You can access the credentials via VCAP_SERVICES from a Bluemix application you bind to the service or you can get the credentials via cf command line:
$ cf service-key your-instance-name Credentials-1
Credentials-1 is the default name of the credentials when you create the Compose for MongoDB instance.
You can map an external route to your service instance with cf bind-route-service for testing with a local application, but you shouldn't do it.
It is better to have a separate development space within your CloudFoundry organisation and test/deploy everything in CF from the very early beginning.