When attempting to create a Strapi App which is connected to a MongoDB cluster and selecting the custom installation, all online tutorials suggest that "mongodb" should be one of the options in the dropdown list alongside "postgres", "mysql" and "sqlite". However, I am not getting an option for mongodb.
I have tried reinstalling nodejs which then triggered the reinstall of create-strapi-app. I also have mongoDB installed locally.
Strapi has abandoned its support for NoSQL DBs. The MongoDB team might (if at all) write their own connector to MongoDB, however ETA is around July, and stable version ETA is around August. SQLite is now the default DB. However I believe they recommend using PostgreSQL for production.
This worked for me guys,
Install strapi locally to your system using npm i strapi@alpha -g
Run mongodb locally on your system.
Use strapi new <project name> for creating a new project.
Choose your installation type as "custom"
This will avail "Mongo" on the list of supported Databases for Strapi.
Hope this will work for everyone.
Thanks
Reference:
https://strapi.gitee.io/documentation/3.0.0-alpha.x/guides/databases.html#mongodb-installation
