I have successfully applied the Node.js custom application to the Google App application engine. However, I am having problems starting the application, because the mongoose time when trying to connect. Frustratedly, the mongoose connects very simply to my local machine with the same parameters.
My MongoDb URI has the following form:
mongodb://<dbuser>:<dbpassword>@xxxx.mlab.com:<portNumber>/dāāb-name
As follows from the URI, db is hosted using mlab. This is a sandbox instance on the Google Cloud Platform. However, I did not use db with the Google Compute Engine. I just decided to host on GCP while going through the installation process on mlab.
I came across similar questions on SO, but most of them do not have an accepted answer. Just a different discourse in the comments without a decision.
So my question is, what is different from my App Engine instance and my local computer when trying to connect to the above URI? Is the fact that I chose for mlab to host it on GCP? Would it be different if I chose to host it on Amazon AWS? What is the main cause of the problem?
For reference, here are the similar questions I found:
Also, if that helps, mongodb is used as db for business models, a data store for an Express Session application, and for storing temporary data from socket.io.
stacktrace App Engine :
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/app/package.json'
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/app/package.json'
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file.
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! enoent
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757]
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
2017-10-18 02:13:46 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! /app/npm-debug.log
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! argv "/nodejs/bin/node" "/nodejs/bin/npm" "start"
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! node v6.11.3
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! npm v3.10.10
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! path /app/package.json
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! code ENOENT
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! errno -2
2017-10-18 02:23:41 default[20171017t215757] npm ERR! syscall open
stacktrace Google:
/home/myuser/src/project-id/teammate-express-server/node_modules/mongodb/lib/mongo_client.js:421
throw err
^
MongoError: failed to connect to server [ds147454.mlab.com:47454] on first connect [MongoError: connection 1 to ds147454.mlab.com:47454 timed out]
at Pool.<anonymous> (/home/myuser/src/project-id/teammate-express-server/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/topologies/server.js:336:35)
at emitOne (events.js:96:13)
at Pool.emit (events.js:188:7)
at Connection.<anonymous> (/home/myuser/src/project-id/teammate-express-server/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/pool.js:280:12)
at Connection.g (events.js:292:16)
at emitTwo (events.js:106:13)
at Connection.emit (events.js:191:7)
at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/myuser/src/project-id/teammate-express-server/node_modules/mongodb-core/lib/connection/connection.js:197:10)
at Socket.g (events.js:292:16)
at emitNone (events.js:86:13)
at Socket.emit (events.js:185:7)
at Socket._onTimeout (net.js:338:8)
at ontimeout (timers.js:386:14)
at tryOnTimeout (timers.js:250:5)
at Timer.listOnTimeout (timers.js:214:5)