Need help with docker compose

[kulkarniaditya011]

right now i'm using the docker-compose available on the repo, here's the file
docker-compose.yml
can anyone tell me if this configuration is right? and also, when i try to GET,POST,DELETE or PUT, it just throws "404 collection now found" even if i have that db and collection in db, also ive noticed that by default RestHeart will use a db which is created when restheart is connected to mongodb called as "restheart", inside this db, i can do CRUD, but it does now use any other db
can anyone please help me, also im a beginner or fresher you can say
Thanks!

[kulkarniaditya011]

note: ive tried the 'mongo-mount' thing but i dont know why when Restheart starts in docker it just ignores it from the yml file

[mkjsix]

The default configuration only mounts a "restheart" database on root. That is a security decision to avoid people unintentionally exposing all databases to the external world using the default credentials (that are very weak).

You mention you tried to edit the mongo-mounts, the right thing to do that in docker-compose.yml is to add it to the RHO environment variable:

      RHO: >
        /mclient/connection-string->"mongodb://mongodb";
        /http-listener/host->"0.0.0.0";
        /mongo/mongo-mounts[1]->{"what":"*","where":"/"};

See: https://restheart.org/docs/configuration

As mentioned in this page: YOU MUST UPDATE THE DEFAULT PASSWORD before exposing RESTHeart to the Internet! The admin role can execute any request because it’s configured as the root role in mongoAclAuthorizer.

curl -i -u admin:secret -X PATCH localhost:8080/users/admin \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{ "password": "my-strong-password" }'

we have just pushed an updated and more complete version of docker-compose.yml.

That is it, with the necessary mongo-mounts to mount all databases to the root API "/"

# RESTHeart Docker Compose Configuration
# Runs RESTHeart with MongoDB in replica set mode
name: restheart

services:
  # RESTHeart API server
  restheart:
    image: softinstigate/restheart:latest
    environment:
      # RHO (RESTHeart Overrides) - Override default configuration
      # Uses semicolon-separated XPath expressions to modify config
      # Note: Arrays use XPath 1.0 indexing (1-based, not 0-based)
      # Uncomment the commented line below to override the default mount and expose all databases at root
      RHO: >
        /mclient/connection-string->"mongodb://mongodb";
        /http-listener/host->"0.0.0.0";
        /mongo/mongo-mounts[1]->{"what":"*","where":"/"};
    # Wait for MongoDB to be healthy before starting
    depends_on:
      mongodb:
        condition: service_healthy
    ports:
      - "8080:8080" # Expose RESTHeart API on http://localhost:8080

  # MongoDB database server
  mongodb:
    image: mongo:8.0
    # Run as replica set (required for change streams and transactions)
    command: ["--bind_ip_all", "--replSet", "rs0"]
    # Health check to initialize replica set
    healthcheck:
      test:
        [
          "CMD",
          "mongosh",
          "--quiet",
          "--eval",
          "'if (!rs.isMaster().ismaster) { rs.initiate(); }'",
        ]
      interval: 5s # Check every 5 seconds
      timeout: 10s # Wait up to 10 seconds for response
      retries: 5 # Retry 5 times before marking unhealthy
      start_period: 5s # Grace period before health checks start