MongoDB

Created an account on mongolab with the name makaretu and the sandbox database named ecom. Added a user with the name demo; its password is the same as the name.

Verify access

Install mongo; then try

>mongo ds051838.mongolab.com:51838/ecom -u demo -p XXXX
MongoDB shell version: 3.0.7
connecting to: ds051838.mongolab.com:51838/ecom
rs-ds051838:PRIMARY> db.runCommand({ping:1});
{ "ok" : 1 }

Local database

Follow these instructions to setup mongo database server.

Server configuration

The API server uses a configuration file that specifies which database(s) to use. The config package is used so that different environments (development, CI, production, ...) can use different one.