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MongoDB Source Connection Properties

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Overview

Use the following configuration settings to specify how your source connector establishes a connection and communicates with your MongoDB cluster.

For a list of source connector configuration settings organized by category, see the guide on Source Connector Configuration Properties.

Settings

Name
Description
connection.uri
Required

Type: string

Description:
The URI connection string to connect to your MongoDB instance or cluster.
For more information, see the Connect to MongoDB guide

Important

Avoid Exposing Your Authentication Credentials

To avoid exposing your authentication credentials in your connection.uri setting, use a ConfigProvider and set the appropriate configuration parameters.

Default: mongodb://localhost:27017,localhost:27018,localhost:27019
Accepted Values: A MongoDB URI connection string
database
Type: string

Description:
Name of the database to watch for changes. If not set, the connector watches all databases for changes.

Default: ""
Accepted Values: A single database name
collection
Type: string

Description:
Name of the collection in the database to watch for changes. If not set, the connector watches all collections for changes.

Important

If your database configuration is set to "", the connector ignores the collection setting.


Default: ""
Accepted Values: A single collection name
server.api.version
Type: string

Description:
The Stable API version you want to use with your MongoDB cluster. For more information on the Stable API and versions of MongoDB Server that support it, see the Stable API guide.

Default: ""
Accepted Values: An empty string or a valid Stable API version.
server.api.deprecationErrors
Type: boolean

Description:
When set to true, if the connector calls a command on your MongoDB instance that's deprecated in the declared Stable API version, it raises an exception.
You can set the API version with the server.api.version configuration option. For more information on the Stable API, see the MongoDB manual entry on the Stable API.

Default: false
Accepted Values: true or false
server.api.strict
Type: boolean

Description:
When set to true, if the connector calls a command on your MongoDB instance that's not covered in the declared Stable API version, it raises an exception.
You can set the API version with the server.api.version configuration option. For more information on the Stable API, see the MongoDB manual entry on the Stable API.

Default: false
Accepted Values: true or false
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