## 🎉 Hey Hive Rockstars! 🥳

Ready to level up your tech game, save money, and have some laughs? Grab your favorite beverage, because today we're going on an EPIC ADVENTURE to self-host a MongoDB server—powered by Cloudflare Tunnel! All with **pictures, guides, and plenty of emojis**! 😁✨

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### 🚦 Prerequisites (a.k.a. What you'll need before liftoff!)

- 🚀 **A domain** (Mine: `sagarkothari88.one`)
- ☁️ **Cloudflare account**
- 🤓 **Basic knowledge of Cloudflare Tunnels**

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## Setup MongoDB Server

![mongodb-docker](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*7y6gwPvQcWO7QqfJ1fJ1vw.png)

Okay. Let's get started. You are in for a treat for saving your costs of mongodb by self-hosting it.

### 🏗️ **Step 1: Access Your System**  

- SSH or use Chrome Remote Desktop (I love Chrome Remote Desktop for all my systems!)
- Once you're in, you're golden! 🍀

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### 🐳 **Step 2: Install Docker**  

> Pro-tip: Docker is like giving your MongoDB its personal luxury apartment.

- For Ubuntu users — just like me! — here's the cheat code:
- You can follow the official Docker docs:  
  https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
- Feeling lucky? Use my ready-to-copy commands below!

#### 🎯 Docker-install-step-1: Remove any old baggage

```
for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done
```

#### 🎯 Docker-install-step-2: Add Docker’s home to your address book  

```
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
echo 
“deb arch=$(dpkg –print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu 
$(. /etc/os-release && echo “${UBUNTU_CODENAME:-$VERSION_CODENAME}”) stable” | 
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt-get update
```

#### 🎯 Docker-install-step-3: Give Docker the keys!  

```
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
```

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### 🍃 **Step 3: Spin Up MongoDB in Docker!**  

![mongodb-docker](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1400/1*7y6gwPvQcWO7QqfJ1fJ1vw.png)

Ready? Set. GO! Swap out the username & password, then run:


```
sudo docker run -d \
  --name mongodb_custom \
  -p 27017:27017 \
  -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME="your-mongo-db-super-admin-username-here" \
  -e MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD="your-mongo-db-super-admin-password-here" \
  mongo:latest
```


Congratulations! 🥳 Your private MongoDB server is now live.

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## 🌩️ **Setting up Cloudflare Tunnel (where security meets cool tech)**

![Setting up cloudflare](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Q5dG8g4-Sx0/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLBY2sp8vY3GtRWX7WHmNqyRtr4pTg)

Wanna access your MongoDB from *ANYWHERE* but keep it ultra-secure? You need a Cloudflare Tunnel! 🚇🦸‍♂️

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#### **Zero Trust Magic**

- Open Cloudflare dashboard
- Click **Zero Trust** (trust me, click it!)

![Open Cloudflare Dashboard & click on Zero Trust](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagarkothari88/23wMPktAjcYmjNjh2weeLZvRCeM1R5jffErDRxNnnrkMjXi5GS2YVzXPYuA4yi83dyjDS.png)

#### **Tunnels Time!**

- Go to **Network > Tunnels**

![Access Tunnel](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagarkothari88/23tv8a5mUZ9DpUGDZWbDHnWeT4zQAVRAB6Z65k7tSA6yhRiiPNkg8zv4jmBy4EX3PxK7W.png)

#### **Create a Tunnel—just like creating a secret passage!**

![Create a new tunnel](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagarkothari88/23tbGnc3usmArnRmPr5JmXEqQtGG5vy196FnQuNqcaVfkfMzdz4Qv91qZ3mj8uzUGYMLt.png)

#### **Give your Tunnel a cool name** (I called mine `"mongodb"`)

![Name your tunnel](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagarkothari88/23tGTktNUG3juVRnzvGoGLZbd1tsVDQyJKMErvCDCtycRaNFn837h3adWccXa2gxZZbkL.png)

#### **Follow setup instructions for Ubuntu**

![Setup tunnel on your ubuntu](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagarkothari88/23tRt5DwwW73BjtKdczpknJcs7S6EUYkbeEmurzY5vzUsKXAPQma3SKh3oMZr75FTs5f6.png)

Once you see:

```
2025-08-03T12:32:03Z INF Using Systemd
2025-08-03T12:32:05Z INF Linux service for cloudflared installed successfully
```

celebrate! Your tunnel is ready 🥳

#### **Final Step: Bind your tunnel like a pro**

- Bind to `tcp://localhost:27017` (VERY IMPORTANT!)
- Click ‘Complete setup’

![Last step for cloudflare tunnel](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagarkothari88/23tGTgawHVwDuw1iYpmPU9JPzdsvFYMK2KzhimoTc1jsJZEmokxhFFo28Nok6iLgZbRmW.png)

Voilà! Your MongoDB server is world-ready, but only accessible to your secure, trusted peers. (Intruders = Bye Felicia! 👋🚫)

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## 📨 **Connecting with MongoDB Client (the fun continues!)**

Time to connect to your shiny new MongoDB from another system (“mongodb-client” aka party guest system).

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### 🔧 **Install Cloudflared on the Client**

#### *For macOS users*

```
brew install cloudflared
```

or you can use macPorts
```
sudo port install cloudflared
```


#### *For Ubuntu adventurers*
Add GPG & Repo:

```
sudo apt install curl lsb-release
curl -L https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflare-main.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-archive-keyring.gpg >/dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloudflare-archive-keyring.gpg] https://pkg.cloudflare.com/cloudflared $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudflared.list
```

Install:

```
sudo apt update
sudo apt install cloudflared
```


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### 🛡️ **Login Cloudflared**


```
cloudflared tunnel login
```

- This opens a browser 👨‍💻
- Log into Cloudflare & authorize your domain. (Mine: `sagarkothari88.one`)

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### 🌉 **Start Bridge!**


```
cloudflared access tcp --hostname mongodb.sagarkothari88.one --url localhost:27017
```

- Bridge created! Your remote server is now accessible *safely* as localhost.

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### 🥞 **Connect with MongoDB!**

- For NodeJS:  
  `mongodb://admin-user:admin-password@localhost:27017/`  
- To test: use MongoDB Compass, start the bridge FIRST, then connect.

![connect using compass](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/sagarkothari88/23swgSmv6Y8KiUttpHcbMppFCUo3kwTaUxaZBGWXHmrUKrwFCb6se5tT9rHjTq4nSvJYP.png)

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**Whoa! You did it! 🎊 Your own self-hosted MongoDB — secure, portable, AND budget-friendly.**

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## 💬 Wrapping Up

Thanks for joining this fun ride 💙  
More power to the Hive Blockchain 🐝  
More power to all our community members 🙌  
Until next time, **Happy Coding!** 💻✨  

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### 📝 Final Note

- I asked Perplexity/AI to help optimize this post to make it more readable and viewer-friendly.
- Here is the link where you can find both original content & improvements made by AI
- https://www.perplexity.ai/search/52724abd-0395-4f79-a8b5-84448b83b5a4

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