I have the most basic getting started question I m following

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I have the most basic getting started question I m following <https github com growthbook growthbook blob main CONTRIBUTING md> but getting MongoDB connection error and AuthenticationFailed on step 8 `yarn dev` I understand that the username of root and the password of password are already set correctly in the code that I forked correct I m pretty new to programming on actual projects thank you for your patience

fresh-football-47124 · Answer

Hi lets make sure the docker image for mongo is up and working

fresh-football-47124 · Answer

or are you installing mongo a different way

fresh-football-47124 · Answer

You can check what the settings are in packages back end env local

fresh-football-47124 · Answer

you should see ``` MongoDB MONGODB URI=<mongodb root password localhost 27017 >```

millions-florist-39584 · Answer

Thank you for your quick response

millions-florist-39584 · Answer

It s through Docker

millions-florist-39584 · Answer

I was in packages back end looking around earlier and had opened env example

millions-florist-39584 · Answer

Are you talking about here <https github com growthbook growthbook tree main packages back end> Because I don t see env local

fresh-football-47124 · Answer

yes we don t check in the local environment variables

fresh-football-47124 · Answer

but you can copy the example to local

millions-florist-39584 · Answer

Do you mean create a file env local in the same folder as env example and copy the contents

fresh-football-47124 · Answer

yes

millions-florist-39584 · Answer

I did that and got the same error There must be something simple that I m missing I ll stop bugging you and read about it with the new information I have now Thank you