kim-api-collections-management install user fails — OpenKIM API returns MongoDB connection error

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Hello,

I’m using the official KIM tooling to install portable models (kim-api-collections-management install user "<Extended_KIM_ID>") as described in Obtaining KIM models. Every install attempt fails during the compatibility check against openkim.org, with an error that looks like an internal database connectivity issue on your side.

Example model ID (extended):
EAM_CubicNaturalSpline_AngeloMoodyBaskes_1995_Ni__MO_800536961967_004
(same class of error for other EAM-style IDs we tried.)

CLI output (abridged):

*** ERROR *** Received error from openkim.org while checking compatibility.

‘curl’ returned query result {“error”: “172.17.0.1:27018: [Errno 111] Connection refused … MongoDB … Timeout: 30s …”}

Aborting!

So the client reaches openkim.org, but the response indicates MongoDB at 172.17.0.1:27018 is unreachable from whatever service answers the compatibility API.

Our environment

  • OS: macOS (Apple Silicon), Homebrew

  • kim-api: 2.4.2+AppleClang.AppleClang.GNU (library under /opt/homebrew/Cellar/kim-api/2.4.2/)

  • Utility: /opt/homebrew/bin/kim-api-collections-management

Questions

  1. Is this a known outage or misconfiguration on the OpenKIM compatibility / query backend?

  2. Is there a status page or recommended workaround (retry only, or a different endpoint) for automated installs?

Thank you for maintaining OpenKIM and the KIM API.

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Hi Alexander,

I have notified our system administrator to see if there are any known outages. Meanwhile, can you try again now? It is working for me at this current moment, so it’s possible it was an intermittent outage that is resolved now.

EDIT: Action has been taken to fix the query errors. Please let us know if you continue having issues.

Cheers, ilia

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Thanks for the quick reply, I got it working now, thanks!

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