Failed connection to database on new project

Questions and Answers
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System Information
  • Strapi Version:
    Strapi 3.5.3
  • Operating System:
    macOs Catalina
  • Database:
    MongoDB Community 4.4.3
  • Node Version:
    Node 14.15.5
  • NPM Version:
    NPM 7.5.4

I am trying to create a new project using npx create-strapi-app my-app…
but when select custom configuration. I try to connect to my mongodb on localhost always test connection fail.

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Using Mongo Compass everything works well…

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2

Did you manually create that database before installing Strapi?

3

Yes, I did

4

well, try to delete it and let the installation script to do that for you.

5

I tried, but it’s not working too. I don’t know what’s the problem. Because using a previous version was working well.

6

In this case it may be a problem specific to your system configuration, probably a Strapi team developer will try to reproduce the issue and will provide you a solution.

7

Thanks for your help, I will keep trying and I hope to find some solution.

8

@SorinGFS I solved it, my problem was with the NPM version … it seems that 7 does not work for me, so I updated Node with NPM 6.14.11 and now it is working.