Windows + Vagrant port forwarding not working

Question

I am using vagrant 1.6.2 on Windows 7, to run a Ubuntu 12.04 Virtual Machine.

I have enabled this on my Vagrantfile:

  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 3000, host: 3000
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 27017, host: 27017, auto_correct: true
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 27018, host: 27018, auto_correct: true
  config.vm.network :forwarded_port, guest: 9494, host: 9494

In the box, I can see that Mongodb is running,

~ $ mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.0.4
connecting to: test
> exit
bye

However, from my Windows Host, I am unable to connect to the Mongodb instance, using localhost:27017.

The auto_correct: true was something I read on one of the forums, and tried it out.

On vagrant up this is what I get on the console:

Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
==> default: Clearing any previously set network interfaces...
==> default: Preparing network interfaces based on configuration...
    default: Adapter 1: nat
==> default: Forwarding ports...
    default: 3000 => 3000 (adapter 1)
    default: 27017 => 27017 (adapter 1)
    default: 27018 => 27018 (adapter 1)
    default: 9494 => 9494 (adapter 1)
    default: 22 => 2222 (adapter 1)
==> default: Booting VM...
==> default: Waiting for machine to boot. This may take a few minutes...
    default: SSH address: 127.0.0.1:2222
    default: SSH username: vagrant
    default: SSH auth method: private key
    default: Warning: Connection timeout. Retrying...
==> default: Machine booted and ready!
GuestAdditions 4.3.12 running --- OK.

And if I do a rackup -p 3000, I am able to hit http://localhost:3000. Port 9494 also works, it is just the Mongo ports that aren't working.

And I had Mongo installed in my host (Windows), I uninstalled it, still the same problem.

Any hints?

Answer 1

It seems your Vagrant port forwarding is working fine. Your issue is probably because MongoDB is setup to only listen on 127.0.0.1. Check your bindip setting.