Fixed the problem where if mongo crashed, it would go into a zombie state and would require a restart to come back to life.

Author: jbockerstette

lib/mongoHandler.js

@@ -187,17 +187,16 @@ MongoStore.prototype.initialise = function(resourceConfig) {
   if (!self._config.url) {
     return console.error("MongoDB url missing from configuration");
   }
-  //Set a keep alive timer.
-  timers.setTimeout(self.keepAlive.bind(self), KEEP_ALIVE_TIMER_MS);
   self.resourceConfig = resourceConfig;
   self.relationshipAttributeNames = MongoStore._getRelationshipAttributeNames(resourceConfig.attributes);
   mongodb.MongoClient.connect(self._config.url, {
-    server: {
-      reconnectTries: 999999999,
-      reconnectInterval: 5000
-    }
+    autoReconnect: true,
+    reconnectTries: 999999999,
+    reconnectInterval: 5000
   }).then(function(db) {
     self._db = db;
+    //Set a keep alive timer.
+    timers.setTimeout(self.keepAlive.bind(self), KEEP_ALIVE_TIMER_MS);
     self._db.on("timeout", function() {
       console.error("mongodb connection timeout.");
       self.ready = false;
@@ -210,9 +209,6 @@ MongoStore.prototype.initialise = function(resourceConfig) {
     });
   }).catch(function(err) {
     console.error("mongodb connection failed:", err.message);
-    setTimeout(function() {
-      self.initialise(resourceConfig);
-    }, 5000);
   }).then(function() {
     var resourceName = resourceConfig.resource;
     var collection = self._db.collection(resourceName);