How to connect to external MongoDB instance in Meteor?
<p>I would like to find out how to connect to an external MongoDB instance in Meteor.</p>

<p>I have added this environment </p>

<pre><code>Meteor.startup(function () { 
process.env.MONGO_URL = 'mongodb://[UN]:PW]@[host]:[port]/meteorTest'
});
</code></pre>

<p>but still the data is coming from the local database. </p>

<p>I want to move all the collections from my local db to this external db. I read all the tutorials, its all telling me to setup this evn variable but nothing really working. How do I test whether its connected or not?</p>