From 959b5853a6b1e72fc6eda67b1e1c34b467f7302b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakob Ackermann <jakob.ackermann@overleaf.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:06:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [misc] complete the connection setup before starting the http
 server

---
 services/chat/app.js | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/services/chat/app.js b/services/chat/app.js
index bb1238dd9c..b133723f08 100644
--- a/services/chat/app.js
+++ b/services/chat/app.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 const logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
 const settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
 
+const mongodb = require('./app/js/mongodb')
 const Server = require('./app/js/server')
 
 if (!module.parent) {
@@ -22,12 +23,20 @@ if (!module.parent) {
       settings.internal != null ? settings.internal.chat : undefined,
       (x1) => x1.host
     ) || 'localhost'
-  Server.server.listen(port, host, function (error) {
-    if (error != null) {
-      throw error
-    }
-    return logger.info(`Chat starting up, listening on ${host}:${port}`)
-  })
+  mongodb.clientConnecting
+    .then(() => {
+      Server.server.listen(port, host, function (err) {
+        if (err) {
+          logger.fatal({ err }, `Cannot bind to ${host}:${port}. Exiting.`)
+          process.exit(1)
+        }
+        return logger.info(`Chat starting up, listening on ${host}:${port}`)
+      })
+    })
+    .catch((err) => {
+      logger.fatal({ err }, 'Cannot connect to mongo. Exiting.')
+      process.exit(1)
+    })
 }
 
 module.exports = Server.server