Can we change the Mongo DB Collection Name?

[copper dew]

I'm not overly sure how this has happened by our collection name for all the Payload data is set to test...
Can this be changed? If so where? I don't remember ever having to set the name for the table but it could have been an oversight.

[last lark]

The name of your db is contained within the MONGODB_URI

If you need to change it, you should be able to do so manually from the Compass interface you have open, then update your MONGODB_URI string accordingly

Otherwise you could change your MONGODB_URI first, then use the mongodump and mongorestore cli commands to migrate the old database over to the new one

Payload will create a new database if one was not found using the connection string provided

[livid bloom]

Yes, you can do it inside server.ts . More info

payload.init({
    secret: process.env.PAYLOAD_SECRET,
    mongoURL: process.env.MONGODB_URI,
    express: app,
    onInit: () => {
        payload.logger.info(`Payload Admin URL: ${payload.getAdminURL()}`);
    },
    mongoOptions: {
        dbName: "payload",
    },
});

[unborn marten]

Interesting, I've never actually seen anyone do it that way.

[copper dew]

Thanks all. Got it sorted

[flat loom]

Interesting, I was wondering why the db is always called test (I'm maintaining 5 instances of payload 😅 , and never had the time do debug that)