I can not connect to mongodb container with mongodb compass

Question

Here is my docker-compose file

version: "3.8"
services:

  mongodb:
    image: mongo
    restart: always
    container_name: mongodb_container_gold_jar
    ports:
      - 27017:27017
    environment:
      MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE: root
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME: haolamongodb
      MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD: haolamongodb1210
    volumes:
      # named volumes
      - mongodb_gold_jar:/data/db
      - mongoconfig_gold_jar:/data/configdb

And here is my connection string: mongodb://haolamongodb:haolamongodb1210@127.0.0.1:27017/root.

I also try to use localhost instead of 127.0.0.1 but it still does not work

the error message:

I have searched a lot but still got stuck on this, so pls help me figure it out. Thanks

Please don't paste screenshots, use formatted text. See https://meta.stackoverflow.com/q/285551 — Wernfried Domscheit, Feb 01 '23 at 05:56
Maybe this one: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/63754742/authentication-failure-while-trying-to-save-to-mongodb/63755470#63755470 — Wernfried Domscheit, Feb 01 '23 at 05:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 01 '23 at 07:40

I finally figured it out. My connection string is missing the authenticationDatabase.

I tried to connect with mongosh and succeeded.

docker run -it --rm --network server_default mongo \ 
mongosh --host mongodb_container_gold_jar \
 -u haolamongodb -p haolamongodb1210 --authenticationDatabase admin \
 root

so the connection string should be mongodb://haolamongodb:haolamongodb1210@127.0.0.1:27017/root?authSource=admin

I can not connect to mongodb container with mongodb compass

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