What does the --bindip configuration option in mongodb do?

Question

What does the --bindip configuration option do in mongodb? If I change this bindip configuration, will something happen? Why is 127.0.0.1 the default option?

Answer 1

In MongoDB, the bindip helps to override and bind to other multiple IP addresses, one can use the

--bind_ip command-line option to define a list of hostnames or IP addresses.

The IP: 127.0.0.1 is considered to be the default IP address of the localhost and is attached to the loopback interface, that can only get access from the same system.

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