Last updated: Dec 09, 2024
To access your data in IBM Cloud Databases for MongoDB, create a connection asset for it.
IBM Cloud Databases for MongoDB is a MongoDB database that is managed by IBM Cloud. It uses a JSON document store with a rich query and aggregation framework.
Supported editions
- MongoDB Community Edition
- MongoDB Enterprise Edition
Create a connection to IBM Cloud Databases for MongoDB
To create the connection asset, you need these connection details:
- Database (optional): If you do not enter a database name, you must enter the catalog name, schema name, and the table name in the properties for SQL queries.
- Hostname or IP address
- Port number
- Authentication database: The name of the database in which the user was created.
- Username and password
- SSL certificate (if required by the database server)
IBM Cloud Databases for MongoDB setup
Restrictions
- You can only use this connection for source data. You cannot write to data or export data with this connection.
- MongoDB Query Language (MQL) is not supported.
Related connection: MongoDB connection
Parent topic: Supported connections