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    Create MongoDB Atlas Connection

     

    Step 1 - Whitelist Rivery's IP's In Your Mongo Instance

    1.In your MongoDB Atlas account - Go to Network Access and Click on Add IP Adresses
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    2.Whitelist the following IP's in your Mongo Instance -

    Whitelist our IPs.

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    After Whitelisting the IP's, the outcome result will be the following -
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    Connect to Mongo Atlas using Private Endpoint (Optional)

    1. Under Database Network, choose Private Endpoint and click on Add Private Endpoint:
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    2. On Cloud Provider - Choose AWS and click Next
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    3. Choose Region.
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    Rivery supports PrivateLink in the next regions:

    On console.rivery.io:

    • us-east-1
    • us-east-2
    • us-west-2
      On eu-west-1.console.rivery.io
    • eu-west-1
    • eu-central-1

    1. Wait for a while until the endpoint will be available, and a green v is shown up.
      After that, copy the command aside, and get the --service-name value:
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    2. Provide the service-name to your Rivery Account Manager or to the Support team. In this step, Rivery internally will make a handshake with your Mongo Atlas Private Endpoint, and should provide you a VPC-Endpoint-ID, with the next format: vpce-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    3. Paste the VPC Endpoint ID in the right place and click on Create:
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    Step 2 - Retrieve A Connection String

    1. In your MongoDB Atlas account - Go to Databases, choose your database and Click on Connect

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    1. If Private Endpoint created on Step 1, choose Private Endpoint as connection method, and also choose the Private Endpoint you've created on Step 1:
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    2. Then, select Connect your application
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    3. Lastly, copy the URL shown in the screen, and paste aside.
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    And Change the <username> and <password> to {username} and {password} and change the MyFirstDatabase to the database name you want to connect to:
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    Step 3 - Setting-Up The Connection At The Rivery Console

    1. In Rivery, go to Connections - > New Connection
    2. Choose MongoDB from the sources
    3. Give a name to your connection.
    4. Entre your Atlas Username and Password

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    1. Next, Build the connection URI: by clicking on Edit and paste the URI changed in Step 2.
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      4.Press on the "v" to save the URI -
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      5.(optinal) In case you want to change your DataBase dynamically, add the Database name to the dedicated field above the connection URI, and use the {database} variable in the the connection itself -
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    2. Test your credentials by pressing Test Connection

    3. Save your connection

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