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@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ application. As the purpose of this tutorial is to introduce MongoEngine, we'll
focus on the data-modelling side of the application, leaving out a user
interface.
Connecting to MongoDB
---------------------
Getting started
---------------
Before we start, make sure that a copy of MongoDB is running in an accessible
location --- running it locally will be easier, but if that is not an option
then it may be run on a remote server.
Before we can start using MongoEngine, we need to tell it how to connect to our
instance of **mongod**. For this we use the :func:`mongoengine.connect`
instance of :program:`mongod`. For this we use the :func:`~mongoengine.connect`
function. The only argument we need to provide is the name of the MongoDB
database to use::
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ database to use::
connect('tumblelog')
This will connect to a mongod instance running locally on the default port. To
connect to a mongod instance running elsewhere, specify the host and port
explicitly::
connect('tumblelog', host='192.168.1.35', port=12345)
For more information about connecting to MongoDB see :ref:`guide-connecting`.
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