MongoDB Atlas Setup

Up until now, we’ve been using MongoDB on our platform as our database. When our applications are deployed and running on Heroku, we’ll need a new database in the cloud for our API to work with. To do this, we’ll use MongoDB Atlas.

Note: Occasionally, services such as MongoDB Atlas will update their registration flows, which will affect the steps outlined here.

Steps to perform setup

1. You’ll need to create an account here. ...