Configure a Network Connection

Overview

After creating your cluster, Atlas directs you to a page called Security Quickstart. In the previous guide, we completed the first section, which added a user to the database.

In this guide, you will configure a network connection with the last section of the page.

Time required: 2 minutes

What You'll Need

• A MongoDB account. See Sign Up for a MongoDB Account.

• An Atlas cluster. See Create a Cluster.

Procedure

1

Select My Local Environment.

In the Where would you like to connect from? section, select the box labeled My Local Environment.

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2

Add your IP address

In the box labeled Add entries to your IP Access List, click Add My Current IP Address.

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Now, you see your IP address at the bottom of the box.

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3

Click Finish and Close.

After clicking the Finish and Create button at the bottom of the page, you see the following modal:

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Summary

If you successfully completed the procedure in this guide, you have configured a network connection and finished the Security Quickstart.

In the next guide, you will load our sample data into your cluster.