adding localhost to mongo atlas whitelist

Question

I've been using the option allow everyone connection to my atlas cluster by selecting the "Allow Access from Anywhere" button in the group IP whitelist. Is there a way to just add my localhost ip address instead. I tried doing it but I got the following error :

/me/node_modules/mongodb/lib/replset.js:364
          process.nextTick(function() { throw err; })
                                        ^
MongoError: connection 4 to cluster0blbla.net:27017 closed

Anyone know of a way to add localhost connection without opening security up to everyone ?

Answer 1

Yes you can always add your local IP Address by going to:

Security - > IP Whitelist and then add a new IP. There you can click "ADD CURRENT IP ADDRESS" along with any comment: