This template deploys a single MongoDB instance for your data layer needs.

Network Communication

All database communication is done over the private network.

Configuration tuning

To tune the configuration of your MongoDB instance, refer to the MongoDB documentation or the documentation page in Docker Hub.

Authentication

The MongoDB instance is deployed with standard authentication enabled.

Connecting to MongoDB

To connect to MongoDB from another service in Railway, you should create a URI in the service's environment variables. As an example:

MONGO_HOST=${{mongo.RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}:27017
MONGO_URI=mongodb://${{mongo.MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}}:${{mongo.MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}}@${{MONGO_HOST}}

With these variables set, you can then reference the MONGO_URI environment variable when configuring the client in your service code.

Template source

The source for this template can be found in the Railway Templates GitHub.

The MongoDB instance is built directly from the official MongoDB image in Docker Hub.

Resources

• MongoDB documentation
• Tutorial: Deploy MongoDB on RailwayThis template deploys a single MongoDB instance for your data layer needs.

Network Communication

All database communication is done over the private network.

Configuration tuning

To tune the configuration of your MongoDB instance, refer to the MongoDB documentation or the documentation page in Docker Hub.

Authentication

The MongoDB instance is deployed with standard authentication enabled.

Connecting to MongoDB

To connect to MongoDB from another service in Railway, you should create a URI in the service's environment variables. As an example:

MONGO_HOST=${{mongo.RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}:27017
MONGO_URI=mongodb://${{mongo.MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME}}:${{mongo.MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD}}@${{MONGO_HOST}}

With these variables set, you can then reference the MONGO_URI environment variable when configuring the client in your service code.

Template source

The source for this template can be found in the Railway Templates GitHub.

The MongoDB instance is built directly from the official MongoDB image in Docker Hub.

Resources

• MongoDB documentation
• Tutorial: Deploy MongoDB on Railway