Mongo_url with the CLi seems to be deprecated. How to connect to mlab on localhost?

typing MONGO_URL=somedomain does no longer work. It seems the command is deprecated. Is there still a possibility to connect to a mongo database online?

You need to either install mongodb on your system and then can connect

mongo "mongodb://user:pass@server1.mlab.com:19133,server2.mlab.com:19133/database?replicaSet=server3

or use the binary from Meteor (dependent on your OS)

$HOME/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/1.3.4_1/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/mongodb/bin/mongo