# Configure mongodb to be remotely accessible **URL:** \ **Category:** Tutor Help\ **Tags:** how-to, tutor, nutmeg\ **Created:** [July 13, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/configure-mongodb-to-be-remotely-accessible/7799 "2022-07-13T01:56:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sidarth7](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sidarth7](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/sidarth7)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/configure-mongodb-to-be-remotely-accessible/7799/1 "2022-07-13T01:56:49Z")
Hi, I currently have Tutor deployed through AWS and I’m trying to access MongoDB programmatically through R. Can someone guide me on how to configure Tutor for this? I found this tutorial but I’m a bit lost as the MongoDB in Tutor is containerised. > **[How to connect to your remote MongoDB server](https://ianlondon.github.io/blog/mongodb-auth/)** > > I have MongoDB running on my Ubuntu server in Amazon EC2. Since there’s no simple all-in-one tutorial out there explaining how to set up user authentication for Mongo so that you can read and write to your MongoDB server from your laptop, I decided... ---
**Author:** ![uetuluk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.openedx.org/uetuluk/32/3015_2.png) [@uetuluk](https://discuss.openedx.org/u/uetuluk)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2022, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.openedx.org/t/configure-mongodb-to-be-remotely-accessible/7799/2 "2022-07-13T03:28:05Z")
You will need to open the ports on the MongoDB container to allow access from outside the container, think of it as similar to the third step\[1\] in the guide you linked. I have mentioned how to do this for Caddy on this topic but the basics are the same for MongoDB: [Caddy Metrics (Port 2019) - Tutor - Overhang.IO](https://discuss.overhang.io/t/caddy-metrics-port-2019/2655) Be aware that this is a security risk and you should not do this on a production machine. * * * 1. 1. Open port 27017 on your EC2 instance