title: Getting MongoDB on Linux to listen to remote connections
body: <p>I've successfully installed MongoDB on Windows (on a local machine) as a service, but now I want to move MongoDb to a separate server. So I extracted the tarball to a virtual server on network (running linux).</p>
  
  <p>When I connected to the server ("testmongoserver") using PuTTY from my local machine, I started the mongod server and it told me that it was listening to the default 28017 port. The mongo console is also working and allowed me to create a new database (testdb) and add users to it.</p>
  
  <p>However, I could not access the server from remote. When I type <code>testmongoserver:28017</code> it doesn't open the HTTP console as <code>localhost:28017</code> on my local machine does. I also can't connect using official drivers and providing a connectionstring.</p>
  
  <p>What are the neccesarry steps to install MongoDB on Linux, so that I could access it from a remote machine with a connectionstring and use its HTTP console via <code>testmongoserver:28017</code></p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>