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Hi.
I am using laravel homestead and was able to configure almost everything I needed.
I am experiencing this problem: I installed the php driver to connect with mongodb and tried to create a small project in laravel by adding the jenssegers/mongodb library.
The mongodb database is on the atlas servers.
I entered the string that allows me to connect to the database like this:
new MongoDB\Client('mongodb+srv://user:[email protected]')
If I try to connect I get this error:
Fatal error: Uncaught MongoDB\Driver\Exception\InvalidArgumentException: Failed to parse URI options: Failed to look up SRV record "_mongodb._tcp.db.7h4dt.mongodb.net": The requested name is valid but does not have an IP address.
I have tried the same configuration on a digital ocean server and I do not encounter any problems.
Can anyone help me solve the problem?
Thanks
Try skipping srv? (you might need to include the complete query from the srv record https://www.mongodb.com/community/forums/t/application-randomly-throws-failed-to-look-up-srv-record-mongodb-tcp-somedomain-pri-abcde-mongodb-net-no-such-file-or-directory/148848 )
new MongoDB\Client('mongodb://user:[email protected]')
@Sinnbeck thanks for reply.
I tried that way too but I get this other error:
Fatal error: Uncaught MongoDB\Driver\Exception\ConnectionTimeoutException: No suitable servers found (`serverSelectionTryOnce` set): [Failed to resolve 'db.7h4dt.mongodb.net']
@surfweb note my comment or check the link.
@Sinnbeck Before I wrote I had googled and had already come to the link you pointed to, so I had already tried to do what you wrote.
Here the complete query taken from the atlas server:
new MongoDB\Client('mongodb://user:[email protected]/?retryWrites=true&w=majority')
Unfortunately, it doesn't work.
@surfweb maybe try posting on the official Mongodb forum as well? Might help your chances of getting a reply :)
My guess is that it's a problem with virtualbox, but as I don't use that myself I cannot really give a solution
@Sinnbeck Thank you very much for the support.
I also tried to install virtualmin on ubuntu with virtualbox and I have no problem connecting to mongodb.
I will try to ask the mongodb support forum as well.
Thank you
In my case, the password includes the special characters, and after converted them by using percent-encoding, it's worked
@thunderclap Hi.
I thank you for your comment. In my case the password contains only letters and numbers.
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