MongoDB Setup-Script: MongoDB 6.x no longer runs on macOS Ventura Version 13.1

[ahohnsen]

I tried the MongoDB setup script on my Macbook (M1, macOS Ventura 13.1) and got the following error:

Afterwards I got the following error connecting to mongodb://localhost:27017 via MongoDB Compass:

ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017

@JessicaLoers found this article, which states that MongoDB 6.x does not longer run on macOS Ventura Version 13.1.

We fixed this issue by uninstalling mongodb-community and installing mongodb-community@5.0 instead.
As our students might update to Ventura, I think it would be good to address this issue in the MongoDB setup script.

[mpagels]

I've investigated that problem.

It seems that the problem that is linked in the article is not related to our problem.
And it is not an article, by the way, it is a normal forum entry in the mongo community ;-) with an unfortunately misleading title. <- And this sentence reads meaner than intended. But I don't know how I could have put it differently in the language.

And it seems, that the problem in there is solved as well. They tried to install mongo community 6.0.1 what was recently updated to mongo-community 6.0.3 and everything seems to work now.

The root of our problem might be, that an instance of mongo is already running after the installation. Why? I don't know, there are a lot of possibilities here.

I would suggest, before downgrading the version and having two scripts, trying installing mongo version 6.0.3 again and try to fix the problem by:

• stop the mongo server services
• delete the current mongo version on your system (like everything)
• run the install script with the 6.0.3 version again
• and then read this stackoverflow question. The problem is solved there.

I'm very happy to help and get mongo 6.0.3 up and running. Feel free to contact me.
Might be a shot, to work with the latest version of mongo, instead of installing the old one.

[ahohnsen]

Thank you @mpagels. You found the real root cause of my problem.

We fixed this as Martin already described with the following steps:

• stop the mongo server services
• delete the current mongo version on your system (like everything)
• run the mongoDB setup script

[mpagels]

Might be interesting for others how you did it. Because I did not remember the commands, you did. I was really impressed.

List the software via brew

brew list

delete mongo software via brew command

brew delete mongodb-community

brew delete mongodb-database-tools

brew delete mongodb-compass

[ahohnsen]

And to stop the mongo server services:

brew services stop mongodb-community