Mongoose Not Creating Indexes

Question

Mongoose Not Creating Indexes

Trying to create MongoDB indexes. Using the Mongoose ODM and in my schema definition below I have the username field set to a unique index. The collection and document all get created properly, it's just the indexes that aren't working. All the documentation says that the ensureIndex command should be run at startup to create any indexes, but none are being made. I'm using MongoLab for hosting if that matters. I have also repeatedly dropped the collection. What is wrong.

var schemaUser = new mongoose.Schema({
    username: {type: String, index: { unique: true }, required: true},
    hash: String,
    created: {type: Date, default: Date.now}
}, { collection:'Users' });

var User = mongoose.model('Users', schemaUser);
var newUser = new Users({username:'wintzer'})
newUser.save(function(err) {
    if (err) console.log(err);
});

javascript
node.js
mongodb
mongoose

Answer 1

Hook the 'index' event on the model to see if any errors are occurring when asynchronously creating the index:

User.on('index', function(err) {
    if (err) {
        console.error('User index error: %s', err);
    } else {
        console.info('User indexing complete');
    }
});

Also, enable Mongoose's debug logging by calling:

mongoose.set('debug', true);

The debug logging will show you the ensureIndex call it's making for you to create the index.