Unable to connect to mongolab host

It looks like your network is blocking access to that port. I'd recommend contacting your network administrator or trying from a different network.

To test your network connectivity alone (no credentials necessary) you can run this command. This example was run from my unprivileged laptop just now and demonstrates a successful test.

% mongo ds061158.mongolab.com:61158MongoDB shell version: 2.6.1connecting to: ds061158.mongolab.com:61158/testrs-ds061158:PRIMARY> db.runCommand({ping:1});{ "ok" : 1 }rs-ds061158:PRIMARY> exitbye

Our full connectivity troubleshooting guide is here: http://docs.mongolab.com/connecting/#help

Also, feel free to contact us as support@mongolab.com if you'd like us to dig into the specifics of your server or code. We're always happy to help!

Regards,

Jared

I know this question is old, but in case someone still faces a similar issue, this is what helped me:

sudo rm /var/lib/mongodb/mongod.locksudo service mongodb restart

You should try to explicitly specify the port you want to use with the --port option:

mongo ds061158.mongolab.com/order_it --port 61158 -u <dbuser> -p <dbpassword>

From the mongo man pages:

--port <port>
Specifies the port where the mongod or mongos instance is listening. Unless specified mongo connects to mongod instances on port 27017, which is the default mongod port.