vagrant-nodejs-mongo

This Vagrant machine contains:

• Ubuntu 18.04
• Node.js 10.15.3
• MongoDB 4.0.9

How to use

Note

I have only tested this virtual machine using Windows 10 as host

• Install VirtualBox and Vagrant
• Open up a terminal (if you are on Windows, do it as administrator)
• Clone this repository
• Run vagrant up in the folder that holds this repository
• Wait for the virtual machine to download and start
• Log in to the machine running vagrant ssh
• To exit the machine just run exit
• To shut down the machine run vagrant halt
• To remove the machine with all its files run vagrant destroy

Shared folder

The /vagrant folder in the virtual machine is synchronized with the folder that holds this repository in your machine. Any changes you make in the /vagrant folder will be visible on your machine and vice-versa.

To run the sample project, do the following while logged into the virtual machine:

• cd /vagrant/src
• npm install
• npm start

The app is now running on the virtual machine.

Networking

The virtual machine's port 3000 is mapped to the host machine's port 3000. If you go to your web browser and type http://localhost:3000 you should see the sample app that is running inside the virtual machine.

Also port 27017 is mapped to the host's 27017, so you can use a tool like Robo 3T in the host to explore the Mongo database running in the virtual machine. To do that, do the following while logged into the virtual machine:

• sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf
• Change the line bindIp: 127.0.0.1 to bindIp: 0.0.0.0 and save the file
• Restart the Mongo service with sudo systemctl restart mongod.service

Now you can connect to Mongo from the host using the address localhost:27017.

Development

You can now use this virtual machine for development.

You can wipe the src folder and put your own Node.js files in there, or create any folder structure you want. As long as it is inside the /vagrant folder, and the server runs on port 3000, it will work and it will be visible from your host machine. (Of course, you can change the port mappings or add more of them in the Vagrantfile if you want)

Also because of the shared folders, you can use your favorite text editor in the host machine to develop.

Further reading

If you are not familiar with Vagrant or would like to learn more about it, you can read their official guides here.