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# MongoDB credentials

You can use these credentials to authenticate the following nodes:

* [MongoDB](/integrations/builtin/app-nodes/n8n-nodes-base.mongodb.md)
* [MongoDB Atlas Vector Store](/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/root-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.vectorstoremongodbatlas.md)
* [MongoDB Chat Memory](/integrations/builtin/cluster-nodes/sub-nodes/n8n-nodes-langchain.memorymongochat.md)

## Prerequisites <a href="#prerequisites" id="prerequisites"></a>

* Create a user account with the appropriate permissions on a [MongoDB](https://www.mongodb.com/) server.
* As a Project Owner, add all the [n8n IP addresses](/deploy/use-n8n-cloud/configure-cloud/find-your-ip-addresses.md) to the IP Access List Entries in the project's **Network Access**. Refer to [Add IP Access List entries](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/security/ip-access-list/#add-ip-access-list-entries) for detailed instructions.

If you are setting up MongoDB from scratch, create a cluster and a database. Refer to the [MongoDB Atlas documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/) for more detailed instructions on these steps.

## Supported authentication methods <a href="#supported-authentication-methods" id="supported-authentication-methods"></a>

* Database connection - Connection string
* Database connection - Values

## Related resources <a href="#related-resources" id="related-resources"></a>

Refer to the [MongoDBs Atlas documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/) for more information about the service.

## Using database connection - Connection string <a href="#using-database-connection-connection-string" id="using-database-connection-connection-string"></a>

To configure this credential, you'll need the [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) listed above. Then:

1. Select **Connection String** as the **Configuration Type**.
2. Enter your MongoDB **Connection String**. To get your connection string in MongoDB, go to **Database > Connect**.
   1. Select **Drivers**.
   2. Copy the code you see in **Add your connection string into your application code**. It will be something like: `mongodb+srv://yourName:yourPassword@clusterName.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority`.
   3. Replace the `<password>` and `<username>` in the connection string with the database user's credentials you'll be using.
   4. Enter that connection string into n8n.
   5. Refer to [Connection String](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/reference/connection-string/) for information on finding and formatting your connection string.
3. Enter your **Database** name. This is the name of the database that the user whose details you added to the connection string is logging into.
4. Select whether to **Use TLS**: Turn on to use TLS. You must have your MongoDB database configured to use TLS and have an x.509 certificate generated. Add information for these certificate fields in n8n:
   * **CA Certificate**
   * **Public Client Certificate**
   * **Private Client Key**
   * **Passphrase**

Refer to [MongoDB's x.509 documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/core/security-x.509/#std-label-client-x509-certificates-requirements) for more information on working with x.509 certificates.

## Using database connection - Values <a href="#using-database-connection-values" id="using-database-connection-values"></a>

To configure this credential, you'll need the [Prerequisites](#prerequisites) listed above. Then:

1. Select **Values** as the **Configuration Type**.
2. Enter the database **Host** name or address.
3. Enter the **Database** name.
4. Enter the **User** you'd like to log in as.
5. Enter the user's **Password**.
6. Enter the **Port** to connect over. This is the port number your server uses to listen for incoming connections.
7. Select whether to **Use TLS**: Turn on to use TLS. You must have your MongoDB database configured to use TLS and have an x.509 certificate generated. Add information for these certificate fields in n8n:
   * **CA Certificate**
   * **Public Client Certificate**
   * **Private Client Key**
   * **Passphrase**

Refer to [MongoDB's x.509 documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/core/security-x.509/#std-label-client-x509-certificates-requirements) for more information on working with x.509 certificates.


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