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  2. SERVER-33059

Shell no longer accepts legacy connection strings

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    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • Priority: Icon: Critical - P2 Critical - P2
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    • Affects Version/s: 3.4.11
    • Component/s: Shell
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      The MongoDB 3.4.11 shell broke the "legacy" style host[:port]/dbname connection string format.

      3.4.11

      $ mongo localhost/admin
MongoDB shell version v3.4.11
connecting to: mongodb://admin:27017/localhost
2018-02-01T14:16:28.467-0600 I NETWORK  [thread1] getaddrinfo("admin") failed: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
2018-02-01T14:16:28.467-0600 E QUERY    [thread1] Error: couldn't initialize connection to host admin, address is invalid :
connect@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:240:13
@(connect):1:6
exception: connect failed

      There are two workarounds for this issue:

      • Use a 3.4.10 shell: 
        $ mongo localhost/admin
MongoDB shell version v3.4.10
connecting to: mongodb://localhost/admin
MongoDB server version: 3.4.11
>
      • Use the --host <host> <database> syntax: 
        $ mongo --host localhost admin
MongoDB shell version v3.4.11
connecting to: mongodb://localhost:27017/admin
MongoDB server version: 3.4.11
>

      The documentation and --help parameters both show this as a valid connection string.

      mongo --help
MongoDB shell version v3.4.11
usage: mongo [options] [db address] [file names (ending in .js)]
db address can be:
  foo                   foo database on local machine
  192.168.0.5/foo       foo database on 192.168.0.5 machine

            Assignee:
            sara.golemon@mongodb.com Sara Golemon (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            kevin.arhelger@mongodb.com Kevin Arhelger
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