Connection Guide

Overview

Learn how to set up a connection and specify connection behavior from your application to a MongoDB deployment using the driver in the following sections:

• Connect to MongoDB

• View a List of Connection Options

• Specify Connection Behavior with the MongoClient Class

• Enable Network Compression

• Enable TLS/SSL on a Connection

• Connect to MongoDB by Using a SOCKS5 Proxy

• Connect to MongoDB by Using a JNDI Datasource

• Connect to MongoDB Atlas from AWS Lambda

For information about authenticating with a MongoDB instance, see Authentication Mechanisms and Enterprise Authentication Mechanisms.