Configuration Instruction:

Before you start, make sure you have created an account and MongoDB cluster on the Atlas MongoDB.

Create a .env file

In the .env file, add in something like the following scheme:

MONGODB_URI=mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster-address>/<database-name>?<options>

You could find your URI that is required above from MongoDB Atlas through the following steps:

1. Visit the Database Deployments page in the Atlas dashboard.
2. Click on the Connect button.
3. Choose Drivers connection.
4. Select view full code sample
5. Your URI can be found in the code sample (line 2 in the code).

After setting up the .env file, run npm install to install all the dependencies and you are done with the configuration!