Error connecting to mongodb Atlas from shared hosting

Question

I'm having trouble connecting to a mongodb Atlas from a shared host, from my understanding it's because port 27017 is blocked by the firewall.
Any way to change the port number on mongodb Atlas?

this is the code on my nodejs file:

 mongoose.connect("mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@test-nhowr.mongodb.net/test?retryWrites=true&w=majority", {
      useNewUrlParser: true,
      useCreateIndex: true,
    }).then(() => {
      console.log("Connected to DB");
    }).catch(err => {
      console.log('ERROR Connecting to db!: ', err.message);
    });

And this is the error I'm getting:

ERROR Connecting to db!: failed to connect to server [test-shard-00-00-nhowr.mongodb.net:27017] on first connect [MongoNetworkError: connect ECONNREFUSED 54.172.133.240:27017

Atlas uses whitelist access. Make sure your IP Address is whitelisted in Atlas. If the host IP Address is translated by network layers make sure to use the IP Address Atlas sees. — barrypicker
It's not possible to change the port Atlas uses. If your current hosting prevents you from connecting to 27017, you should move to another provider that gives you the flexibility to do what you need. — kevinadi

MEDZ MEDZ · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-06T22:22:12

Please replace and with the real credentials.

If you do not know how, just go to your atlas account in the left menu, find Security > Database Access > click "add new user" and create a username and a password then replace it with the placeholders.

Error connecting to mongodb Atlas from shared hosting

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