Deployment - Connecting to extrenal mongo database

Hello,
i want deploy my meteor up in my vps account. I can get the code to my vps bt i no longer want to use mini mongo but rather an external mongo database. I have my external database string ready.

How can i use my external mongodb connection string within my meteor js app?.

Thanks.

External mongo db instance and minimongo are two different things. Check the galaxy deployment guide. You need to provide the environment variables MONGO_URL and MONGO_OPLOG_URL