MongoDB

Extract data from a MongoDB instance

Sling CLI Setup

The following credentials keys are accepted:

• host (required) -> The hostname / ip of the instance

• user (required) -> The username to access the instance

• password (optional) -> The password to access the instance

• port (optional) -> The port of the instance. Default is 27017.

• tls (optional — v1.2.7) -> whether to use TLS for connecting (true/false).

• cert_file (optional — v1.2.7) -> the client certificate to use to access the instance via TLS (file path)

• cert_key_file (optional — v1.2.7) -> the client key to use to access the instance via TLS (file path)

• cert_ca_file (optional — v1.2.7) -> the client CA certificate to use to access the instance via TLS (file path)

Here are examples of setting a connection named MONGODB. We must provide the type=mongodb property:

$ sling conns set MONGODB type=mongodb host=<host> user=<user> password=<password> port=<port> 

Environment Variable

export MONGODB='mongodb://root:[e-mail]:27017'

Sling Env File YAML

See here to learn more about the sling env.yaml file.

connections:
  MONGODB:
    type: mongodb
    host: host.ip
    port: 27017
    user: <user>
    password: <password>
    tls: true # if TLS connection needed

  MONGODB_URL:
    type: mongodb
    url: mongodb://root:[e-mail]:27017

  MONGODB_TLS:
    type: mongodb
    url: mongodb://root:[e-mail]:27017?tls=true

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