Embedded mongo without port(fully in-memory)

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Is it somehow possible to run mongo in memory without occupying a port. The same way some embedded SQLs DBs work. We are currently using flapdoodle, but it seems it can only work on a separate port in a separate process. Is there a mongo-level limitation when prevents us from doing this? I want to run my Integration tests without exposing an additional port.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6115637/can-mongodb-be-used-as-an-embedded-database — vidriduch, Aug 02 '16 at 15:47

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 03 '16 at 05:32

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No, mongodb cannot be embedded that way. You can actually launch it as a sub-process from your java application or test, but as the java driver always communicates via tcp, you will not be able to go without a port.

answered Aug 03 '16 at 05:32

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score -2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 03 '16 at 06:11

Your MongoDB instance will be available at 127.0.0.1:27017 It is bound to the localhost by default and its configuration details can be found in /etc/mongod.conf. To connect to the test database with the MongoDB shell, simply run:

mongo

You can access your MongoDB instance remotely via an SSH tunnel using:

ssh -L 4321:localhost:27017 user@your.ip.address -f -N mongo --port 4321

Embedded mongo without port(fully in-memory)

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