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Changed in version 4.2.

Mongo(host, ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions)

JavaScript constructor to instantiate a database connection from mongosh or from a JavaScript file.

The Mongo() method has the following parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
`host`	string	Optional. The host, either in the form of `<host>` or `<host><:port>`. If omitted, `Mongo()` instantiates a connection to the localhost interface on the default port `27017`.
`ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions`	Document	Optional New in version 4.2. Configuration parameters for enabling Client-Side Field Level Encryption. `ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions` overrides the existing client-side field level encryption configuration of the database connection. If omitted, `Mongo()` inherits the client-side field level encryption configuration of the current database connection. For documentation of usage and syntax, see `ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions`.

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`ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions`

New in version 4.2.

The ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions document specifies configuration options for Client-Side Field Level Encryption. If the database connection has an existing client-side field level encryption configuration, specifying ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions overrides that configuration.

For example, starting mongosh with client-side field level encryption command-line options enables client-side encryption for that connection. New database connections created using Mongo() inherit the encryption settings unless Mongo() includes ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions.

The ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions document has the following syntax:

{
  "keyVaultClient" : <object>,
  "keyVaultNamespace" : "<string>",
  "kmsProviders" : <object>,
  "schemaMap" : <object>,
  "bypassAutoEncryption" : <boolean>
}

The ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions document takes the following parameters:

Parameter

Type

Description

keyVaultClient

Mongo() connection object.

(Optional) The MongoDB cluster hosting the key vault collection.

Specify a Mongo() connection object pointing to the cluster:

var keyVaultClient = Mongo(<MongoDB URI>);
var ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions = {
  "keyVaultClient" : keyVaultClient,
  "keyVaultNamespace" : "<database>.<collection>",
  "kmsProviders" : { ... }
}

If keyVaultClient is omitted, the host specified to the Mongo() object containing the ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions document is used as the key vault host.

keyVaultNamespace

string

(Required) The full namespace of the key vault collection.

kmsProviders

document

(Required) The Key Management Service (KMS) used by client-side field level encryption for managing a Customer Master Key (CMK). Client-side field level encryption uses the CMK for encrypting and decrypting data encryption keys.

Client-side field level encryption supports the following KMS providers:

If possible, consider defining the credentials provided in kmsProviders as environment variables, and then passing them to mongosh using the --eval option. This minimizes the chances of credentials leaking into logs. See Create a Data Encryption Key for examples of this approach for each supported KMS.

Amazon Web Services KMS

Important

For AWS KMS support, use mongosh, or the MongoDB 4.2.2 or later legacy mongo shell. The 4.2.0 and 4.2.1 legacy mongo shell do not support the AWS KMS service due to an unexpected change in the KMS response object. See SERVER-44721 for more information.

Specify the aws document to kmsProviders with the following fields:

"kmsProviders" : {
   "aws" : {
     "accessKeyId" : "AWSAccessKeyId",
     "secretAccessKey" : "AWSSecretAccessKey"
   }
 }

The specified accessKeyId must correspond to an IAM user with all List and Read permissions for the KMS service.

Azure Key Vault

Specify the azure document to kmsProviders with the following fields:

"kmsProviders" : {
  "azure" : {
    "tenantId" : "AzureTenantId",
    "clientId" : "AzureClientId",
    "clientSecret" : "AzureClientSecret"
  }
}

New in version 5.0.

Google Cloud KMS

Specify the gcp document to kmsProviders with the following fields:

"kmsProviders" : {
  "gcp" : {
    "email" : "GCPEmail",
    "privateKey" : "GCPPrivateKey"
  }
}

New in version 5.0.

Locally Managed Key

Specify the local document to kmsProviders with the following field:

"kmsProviders" : {
  "local" : {
     "key" : BinData(0, "<96 byte base-64 encoded key>")
  }
}

The specified key must be a base64-encoded 96-byte string with no newline characters.

schemaMap

document

(Optional) The automatic client-side field level encryption rules specified using the JSON schema Draft 4 standard syntax and encryption-specific keywords.

For complete documentation, see Automatic Encryption Rules.

bypassAutoEncryption

boolean

(Optional) Specify true to bypass automatic client-side field level encryption rules and perform explicit (manual) per-field encryption.

Example

Connect to a MongoDB Cluster

The following operation creates a new connection object from within a mongosh session:

cluster = Mongo("mongodb://mymongo.example.net:27017/?replicaSet=myMongoCluster")

Issue operations against the cluster object to interact with the mymongo.example.net:27017 cluster:

myDB = cluster.getDB("myDB"); //returns the database object
myColl = myDB.getCollection("myColl"); // returns the collection object

Connect to a MongoDB Cluster with Client-Side Encryption Enabled

Configuring client-side field level encryption for a locally managed key requires specifying a base64-encoded 96-byte string with no line breaks. The following operation generates a key that meets the stated requirements and loads it into mongosh:

TEST_LOCAL_KEY=$(echo "$(head -c 96 /dev/urandom | base64 | tr -d '\n')")
mongosh --nodb --shell --eval "var TEST_LOCAL_KEY='$TEST_LOCAL_KEY'"

The following operation creates a new connection object from within a mongosh session. The ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions option specifies the required options for enabling client-side field level encryption using a locally managed key:

var ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions = {
  "keyVaultNamespace" : "encryption.dataKeys",
  "kmsProviders" : {
    "local" : {
      "key" : BinData(0, TEST_LOCAL_KEY)
    }
  }
}
cluster = Mongo(
  "mongodb://mymongo.example.net:27017/?replicaSet=myMongoCluster",
  ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions
)

Issue operations against the cluster object to interact with the mymongo.example.net:27017 cluster and perform explicit encryption:

// returns the database object
myDB = cluster.getDB("myDB");
// returns the collection object
myColl = myDB.getCollection("myColl");
// returns object for managing data encryption keys
keyVault = cluster.getKeyVault();
// returns object for explicit encryption/decryption
clientEncryption = cluster.getClientEncryption();

See Client-Side Field Level Encryption Methods for a complete list of client-side field level encryption methods.

Connect to a MongoDB Cluster with Automatic Client-Side Encryption Enabled

TEST_LOCAL_KEY=$(echo "$(head -c 96 /dev/urandom | base64 | tr -d '\n')")
mongosh --nodb --shell --eval "var TEST_LOCAL_KEY='$TEST_LOCAL_KEY'"

The following operation creates a new connection object from within a mongosh session. The ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions option specifies the required options for enabling automatic client-side encryption on the hr.employees collection:

var ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions = {
  "keyVaultNamespace" : "encryption.dataKeys",
  "kmsProviders" : {
    "local" : {
      "key" : BinData(0,"BASE64-ENCODED-96-BYTE-LOCAL-KEY")
    }
  },
  schemaMap : {
    "hr.employees" : {
      "bsonType": "object",
      "properties" : {
        "taxid" : {
          "encrypt" : {
            "keyId" : [UUID("bffb361b-30d3-42c0-b7a4-d24a272b72e3")],
            "bsonType" : "string",
            "algorithm" : "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random"
          }
        },
        "taxid-short": {
          "encrypt": {
            "keyId": [UUID("33408ee9-e499-43f9-89fe-5f8533870617")],
            "algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic",
            "bsonType": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
cluster = Mongo(
  "mongodb://mymongo.example.net:27017/?replicaSet=myMongoCluster",
  ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions
)

Issue operations against the cluster object to interact with the mymongo.example.net:27017 cluster and utilize automatic encryption:

// returns the database object
myDB = cluster.getDB("myDB");
// returns the collection object
myColl = myDB.getCollection("myColl");
myColl.insertOne(
  {
    "name" : "J Doe",
    "taxid" : "123-45-6789",
    "taxid-short" : "6789"
  }
)

The specified automatic encryption rules encrypt the taxid and taxid-short fields using the specified data encryption key and algorithm. Only clients configured for the correct KMS and access to the specified data encryption key can decrypt the field.

See Client-Side Field Level Encryption Methods for a complete list of client-side field level encryption methods.

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ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions

Important

Example

Connect to a MongoDB Cluster

Connect to a MongoDB Cluster with Client-Side Encryption Enabled

Connect to a MongoDB Cluster with Automatic Client-Side Encryption Enabled

Mongo()

`ClientSideFieldLevelEncryptionOptions`