MongoDB slow initial connection

Question

I came across a really strange scenario, the initial connection to mongoDb takes about 15 seconds. My current setup is this:

• mongodb runs inside ubuntu vm on the same machine
• mongodb - version 2.6.1
• node.js installed using brew and this is version 0.10.28

After restarting nodemon, the initial POST value takes about 15 seconds

POST /api/v1/signin 200 14707ms - 56b

another POST on the same route without rebooting the server is relatively fast:

POST /api/v1/signin 200 76ms - 56b

the reason this bothers me is that, since this project is still under development, nodemon tends to restart a lot, and testing becomes a pain.

I use the following node modules that are related to db and authentication:

• "express": "~ 4.2.0",
• "mongoose": "3.8.8",
• "": "0.2.0",
• "-": "0.1.6",
• "bcrypt": "*"

:

var mongoUrl = "mongodb://devmachine.local:27017/project";
mongoose.connect(mongoUrl, {auto_reconnect: true});

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Answer 1

IP

From: var mongoUrl = "mongodb://devmachine.local: 27017/project";

To: var mongoUrl = "mongodb://127.0.0.1: 27017/project";