MongoDB Connection

Connection Configuration

Connection Name: Name of the connection to be created.

Connection String URI Format: The MongoDB connection string can be specified using either the Standard Connection String Format or the DNS Seed List Connection Format.

Example URI for Standard Connection String Format: my.mongodb.com:27017

Example URI for DNS Seed List Connection Format: cluster0.5zzuk.mongodb.ne

For more details about Connection String URI Format, click here.

Connection Type: Option to choose between either connecting securely using SSH Tunnel or, proceed with a Direct Connection.

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SSH Tunnel option will be disabled if you choose to provide the Connection String in the DNS Seed List Connection Format.

If Connection Type value is SSH Tunnel, additional fields will be displayed as given below:

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Once the user is created on your SSH server, make sure that the access is allowed from Gathr IPs: 3.13.24.114 and 3.128.81.146 to your SSH server.

To know more about SSH Tunneling with Gathr, see SSH Tunneling.

SSH Key: The SSH key should be provided to authenticate the associated SSH host and SSH user.

SSH Host: Public IP address of your SSH host.

SSH User: Default SSH username.

If Connection Type value is Direct Connection, then proceed by updating the following fields.

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Make sure that the access is allowed from Gathr IPs: 3.13.24.114 and 3.128.81.146 to connect to your database host and port.

Connection URL: The connection URL should be provided to establish a connection with MongoDB as per the Connection String URI Format chosen earlier.

Authentication Options: Option to choose the authentication method from Basic AUTH, MONGODB-AWS or None for connecting to MongoDB.

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The MONGODB-AWS authentication option will be disabled if URI format is provided using Standard Connection String Format.

If Authentication Option is selected as Basic AUTH, additional fields will be displayed as given below:

Username: Connection can be authenticated by providing the Gathr username.

Password: Connection can be authenticated by providing the Gathr password.

If Authentication Option is selected as MONGODB-AWS, additional fields will be displayed as given below:

AWS Access Key Id: AWS account access key ID.

AWS Secret Key: AWS account secret key.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated. Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.

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MongoDB Connection

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Connection Configuration