MongoDB 'connection timeout' During Debugging

[Chris Troutner]

Does anyone know how to increase the connection timeout setting for MongoDB?

While trying to debug my KeystoneJS application, I am frequently stopped by MongoDB 'connection timeout' errors. I've searched around a bit and can't figure out how to increase the timeout setting to avoid this message.

[Chris Troutner]

Managed to answer my own question. The answer lies in the file node_modules/keystone/lib/core/openDatabaseConnection.js. I changed this part of the file:

 

} else {
  debug('connecting to mongo');
  keystone.initDatabaseConfig();
  keystone.mongoose.connect(keystone.get('mongo'), keystone.get('mongo options'));
}

So that it looks like this:

} else {
  debug('connecting to mongo');
  keystone.initDatabaseConfig();
  keystone.mongoose.connect(keystone.get('mongo')+'?connectTimeoutMS=300000&socketTimeoutMS=300000', keystone.get('mongo options'));
}

This sets the timeout to 5 minutes. I'm not sure what it was before (probably 30 seconds from what I've read), but it fixed my problem with debugging. 

I hope this helps others!

-Chris Troutner