Error while connecting to the DB using the shell command

MongoDB University M001: MongoDB Basics
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#1

Hi team ,

Just started my course on Mongo DB Basics and looks like I am unable to connect to the db because the command had this “–apiVersion 1” which is throwing error.

Attached the output for the same. Please let me know if I am doing something wrong.

user@M001# mongosh "mongodb+srv://sandbox.0x3kt.mongodb.net/myFirstDatabase" --apiVersion 1 --username m001-student
  Error parsing command line: unrecognized option: --apiVersion
      
  $ mongosh [options] [db address]

  Options:

    -h, --help                                 Show this usage information
        --host [arg]                           Server to connect to
        --port [arg]                           Port to connect to
        --version                              Show version information
        --nodb                                 Don't connect to mongod on startup - no 'db address' [arg] expected
        --retryWrites                          Automatically retry write operations upon transient network errors

  Authentication Options:

    -u, --username [arg]                       Username for authentication
    -p, --password [arg]                       Password for authentication
        --authenticationDatabase [arg]         User source (defaults to dbname)
        --authenticationMechanism [arg]        Authentication mechanism

  TLS Options:

        --tls                                  Use TLS for all connections
        --tlsCertificateKeyFile [arg]          PEM certificate/key file for TLS
        --tlsCertificateKeyFilePassword [arg]  Password for key in PEM file for TLS
        --tlsCAFile [arg]                      Certificate Authority file for TLS
        --tlsAllowInvalidHostnames             Allow connections to servers with non-matching hostnames
        --tlsAllowInvalidCertificates          Allow connections to servers with invalid certificates
        --tlsCertificateSelector [arg]         TLS Certificate in system store
        --tlsDisabledProtocols [arg]           Comma separated list of TLS protocols to disable [TLS1_0,TLS1_1,TLS1_2]

  DB Address Examples

        foo                                    Foo database on local machine
        192.168.0.5/foo                        Foo database on 192.168.0.5 machine
        192.168.0.5:9999/foo                   Foo database on 192.168.0.5 machine on port 9999
        mongodb://192.168.0.5:9999/foo         Connection string URI can also be used

  Examples

        Start mongosh using 'ships' database on specified connection string:
        $ mongosh mongodb://192.168.0.5:9999/ships

  For more information on usage: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell.
user@M001# mongosh "mongodb+srv://sandbox.0x3kt.mongodb.net/Sanbbox" --apiVersion 1 --username m001-student
  Error parsing command line: unrecognized option: --apiVersion
      
  $ mongosh [options] [db address]

  Options:

    -h, --help                                 Show this usage information
        --host [arg]                           Server to connect to
        --port [arg]                           Port to connect to
        --version                              Show version information
        --nodb                                 Don't connect to mongod on startup - no 'db address' [arg] expected
        --retryWrites                          Automatically retry write operations upon transient network errors

  Authentication Options:

    -u, --username [arg]                       Username for authentication
    -p, --password [arg]                       Password for authentication
        --authenticationDatabase [arg]         User source (defaults to dbname)
        --authenticationMechanism [arg]        Authentication mechanism

  TLS Options:

        --tls                                  Use TLS for all connections
        --tlsCertificateKeyFile [arg]          PEM certificate/key file for TLS
        --tlsCertificateKeyFilePassword [arg]  Password for key in PEM file for TLS
        --tlsCAFile [arg]                      Certificate Authority file for TLS
        --tlsAllowInvalidHostnames             Allow connections to servers with non-matching hostnames
        --tlsAllowInvalidCertificates          Allow connections to servers with invalid certificates
        --tlsCertificateSelector [arg]         TLS Certificate in system store
        --tlsDisabledProtocols [arg]           Comma separated list of TLS protocols to disable [TLS1_0,TLS1_1,TLS1_2]

  DB Address Examples

        foo                                    Foo database on local machine
        192.168.0.5/foo                        Foo database on 192.168.0.5 machine
        192.168.0.5:9999/foo                   Foo database on 192.168.0.5 machine on port 9999
        mongodb://192.168.0.5:9999/foo         Connection string URI can also be used

  Examples

        Start mongosh using 'ships' database on specified connection string:
        $ mongosh mongodb://192.168.0.5:9999/ships

  For more information on usage: https://docs.mongodb.com/mongodb-shell.

Thank you,
Bansal

#2

Try without “apiVersion 1” in the connect string

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#3

Thank you Ramachandra,
I had the same issue.
Your answer helped.

#4

The right connection string.

mongosh “mongodb+srv://sandbox30.culzi.mongodb.net/admin” --username m001-student

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