Here's how to create a free cluster and connect it to your project using the connection string
- Create an account on MongoDB Cloud Atlas
- You will be prompted right away to create a new project and org. You may leave all values as default and click
Continue. - Three cards will show up next asking you to choose a cluster. Select the
Shared Cluster- that's the one which is free. - The next screen is about details of the cluster. Make sure M0 Cluster Tier is selected. You may leave all values as default and click on
Create Cluster - Wait for some time for the cluster to get ready and then click on
Connect. - First thing you need to add it IP Address. Select
Add your current IP Addressif you are working on the project yourself only orAllow Access from Anywhere. You may even manually add IP Addresses by clicking onAdd a different IP... - Next up is Database user creation. You need to enter a username and password. For explanatory purposes, say I ad