Connect to EC2 via MongoDB Compass Community
I am putting this as an answer although it is meant as a comment to the answer by raevilman above but I do not have the necessary reputation to post comments yet.
If you set the bind_ip variable to 0.0.0.0 as mentioned, MongoDB accepts connections from all IP addresses. This might be a security risk if you do not use access control.
On the other hand, if I am not wrong, the idea of a SSH tunnel is for that, in this case MongoDB, the entering connection comes from localhost so no change in the configuration should be necessary.
That said, I came here because I could not connect either. I got the error 'Error creating SSH Tunnel: Timed out while waiting for forwardOut'.
In my case the solution was to put 'localhost' in the hostname field at the top instead of the host IP.
Alon,
Checkpoints
- See if there is a need to change the bind_ip variable at the /etc/mongodb.conf file.
By default, it is locked to localhost.
Try setting the value to 0.0.0.0 or assign the IP that will be able to connect the DB to it. - Port is allowed in security group attached to EC2 (You mentioned its done)
- Not using private IP to connect (I guess, you are using the right one as you connected through terminal)
- Rare case, OS firewall
I guess point 1 should do the trick. Rest points for future reference
[Update 1]
Doc link for bindIp
https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/configuration-options/#net-options