docs/CHANGELOG.md

 # Changelog
 
+## [1.1.3](https://gitlab.mim-libre.fr/alphabet/laboite-blog-api/compare/release/1.1.2...release/1.1.3) (2022-01-18)
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* **auth:** change authentication method for mongodb ([2e3a71e](https://gitlab.mim-libre.fr/alphabet/laboite-blog-api/commit/2e3a71ef5012ed49a347dc9b7e63e4e91d80f3cd))
+* **config:** add checks and logs for mongo configuration ([e4d6757](https://gitlab.mim-libre.fr/alphabet/laboite-blog-api/commit/e4d6757db32977c5abe48aa30a6e648cb5e92d24))
+
 ## [1.1.2](https://gitlab.mim-libre.fr/alphabet/laboite-blog-api/compare/release/1.1.1...release/1.1.2) (2022-01-13)
 
 

package-lock.json

 {
   "name": "laboite-blog-backend",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {

package.json

 {
   "name": "laboite-blog-backend",
-  "version": "1.1.2",
+  "version": "1.1.3",
   "description": " API backend for laboite blog service",
   "keywords": [
     "loopback-application",

src/datasources/db.datasource.ts

 import {inject, lifeCycleObserver, LifeCycleObserver} from '@loopback/core';
 import {juggler} from '@loopback/repository';
 
-const config = {
-  name: 'db',
-  connector: 'mongodb',
-  host: process.env.MONGO_HOST,
-  port: process.env.MONGO_PORT,
-  user: encodeURIComponent(process.env.MONGO_USER || ''),
-  password: encodeURIComponent(process.env.MONGO_PASSWORD || ''),
-  database: process.env.MONGO_DATABASE,
-  useNewUrlParser: true
-};
+let config = {}
+
+try {
+  config = {
+    url: process.env.MONGO_USER ?
+    `mongodb://${encodeURIComponent(process.env.MONGO_USER || "")}:${encodeURIComponent(process.env.MONGO_PASSWORD || "")}@${process.env.MONGO_HOST}:${process.env.MONGO_PORT || 27017}/${process.env.MONGO_DATABASE}` :
+    `mongodb://${process.env.MONGO_HOST}:${process.env.MONGO_PORT || 27017}/${process.env.MONGO_DATABASE}`,
+    name: 'db',
+    connector: 'mongodb',
+    host: '',
+    port: 0,
+    user: '',
+    password: '',
+    database: '',
+    useNewUrlParser: true
+  };
+} catch (err) {
+    console.log('! Error while parsing MongoDB configuration !')
+    console.log(err);
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+console.log(` - Connecting to MongoDB at ${process.env.MONGO_HOST}:${process.env.MONGO_PORT || 27017}, database: ${process.env.MONGO_DATABASE}`)
+if (process.env.MONGO_USER) console.log(`   Database user is ${process.env.MONGO_USER}`)
 
 // Observe application's life cycle to disconnect the datasource when
 // application is stopped. This allows the application to be shut down

src/index.ts

@@ -36,4 +36,5 @@ if (require.main === module) {
     console.error('Cannot start the application.', err);
     process.exit(1);
   });
+  console.log(` - Started API server on port ${config.rest.port}`)
 }