3.5.0 – MongoServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017

A Clean install of NodeBB 3.5.0 on Ubuntu

nm v9.2.0
node v18.13.0

I couldn’t connect via browser, and at least thought it was started, but browser was not resolving to x.x.x.x:4567, so I ran ./nodebb dev start, saw this:

error: MongoServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017

I’m a’gunna guess this is my problem and I’m having the same issue as logged below on github, as usual this is a bit above my pay grade (no mongo troubleshooting experience), but it may be a bug – Has anyone else hit this?

Here is the full dev output:

Clustering enabled: Spinning up 1 process(es).
2023-11-13T11:04:42.470Z [4567/2944] - verbose: * using configuration stored in: /home/nodebb/config.json
2023-11-13T11:04:42.475Z [4567/2944] - info: Initializing NodeBB v3.5.0 http://x.x.x.x:4567
2023-11-13T11:04:42.476Z [4567/2944] - verbose: * using mongo store at 127.0.0.1:27017
2023-11-13T11:04:42.476Z [4567/2944] - verbose: * using themes stored in: /home/nodebb/node_modules
2023-11-13T11:05:12.902Z [4567/2944] - error: MongoServerSelectionError: connect ECONNREFUSED 127.0.0.1:27017
    at EventTarget.<anonymous> (/home/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/sdam/topology.js:276:34)
    at [nodejs.internal.kHybridDispatch] (node:internal/event_target:735:20)
    at EventTarget.dispatchEvent (node:internal/event_target:677:26)
    at abortSignal (node:internal/abort_controller:308:10)
    at TimeoutController.abort (node:internal/abort_controller:338:5)
    at Timeout.<anonymous> (/home/nodebb/node_modules/mongodb/lib/utils.js:1010:92)
    at listOnTimeout (node:internal/timers:564:17)
    at process.processTimers (node:internal/timers:507:7)
[cluster] Child Process (2944) has exited (code: 0, signal: null)