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You can use connection strings to define connections between MongoDB instances and the following destinations:

  • Your applications when you connect using drivers.

  • Tools such as MongoDB Compass and the MongoDB Shell (mongosh).

Complete these steps to find your connection string.

Find Your MongoDB Atlas Connection String

To find your MongoDB Atlas connection string using the Atlas CLI, install and connect from the Atlas CLI, then run the following command. Replace <clusterName> with the name of the MongoDB Atlas cluster and replace <projectId> with the project ID.

atlas clusters connectionStrings describe <clusterName> --projectId <projectId>

To learn more, see atlas clusters connectionStrings describe.

To find your MongoDB Atlas connection string in the Atlas UI, follow these steps:

1

In the MongoDB Atlas UI, go to the Clusters page for your project.

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  1. If it's not already displayed, select the organization that contains your desired project from the Organizations menu in the navigation bar.

  2. If it's not already displayed, select your project from the Projects menu in the navigation bar.

  3. If it's not already displayed, click Clusters in the sidebar.

    The Clusters page displays.

2

Open the Connection Method dialog.

  1. Click Connect for the cluster to which you want to connect.

  2. Click Choose a Connection Method. MongoDB Atlas selects Standard Connection by default. To connect using a private endpoint, select Private Endpoint.

3

Choose a connection method.

To connect to your application, click Drivers. To connect using tools, click the tool you want to use to access your data.

4

Follow instructions for the connection method you selected.

  1. If you selected Drivers, select your driver and version. If you selected a tool, download the tool.

  2. Select Connect To Cluster.

  3. Copy the connection string. Replace <password> and <username> in the connection string with the database user's credentials.

Your MongoDB Atlas connection string resembles the following example:

mongosh "mongodb+srv://cluster0.example.mongodb.net myFirstDatabase" --apiVersion 1 --username myDatabaseUser
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@cluster0.example.mongodb.net/?retryWrites=true&w=majority

Find Your Self-Hosted Deployment's Connection String

If you are connected to your self-hosted MongoDB Enterprise or MongoDB Community deployment, run db.getMongo() method to return the connection string.

If you are not connected to your deployment, you can determine your connection string based on the connection type you want to use. See SRV Connection Format to learn the SRV connection string syntax or Standard Connection String Format to learn the standard connection string syntax.

Your self-hosted connection string resembles the following examples:

The following replica set connection string includes these elements:

  • The replicaSet option

  • The hostname(s) of the mongod instance(s) as listed in the replica set configuration

  • It authenticates as user myDatabaseUser with the password D1fficultP%40ssw0rd to enforce access control

mongosh "mongodb+srv://mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl" --apiVersion 1 --username myDatabaseUser
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl

If the username or password includes the following characters, those characters must be converted using percent encoding:

$ : / ? # [ ] @

The following sharded cluster connection string includes the these elements:

  • The mongos hosts in the connection string

  • It authenticates as user myDatabaseUser with the password D1fficultP%40ssw0rd to enforce access control

mongosh "mongodb+srv://mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin" --apiVersion 1 --username myDatabaseUser
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com/?authSource=admin

If the username or password includes the following characters, those characters must be converted using percent encoding:

$ : / ? # [ ] @

The following standalone connection string authenticates as user myDatabaseUser with the password D1fficultP%40ssw0rd to enforce access control:

mongosh "mongodb+srv://mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin" --apiVersion 1 --username myDatabaseUser
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin
mongodb+srv://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com/?authSource=admin

If the username or password includes the following characters, those characters must be converted using percent encoding:

$ : / ? # [ ] @

The following replica set connection string includes these elements:

mongosh "mongodb://mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl" --apiVersion 1 --username myDatabaseUser
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017,mongodb1.example.com:27017,mongodb2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin&replicaSet=myRepl

If the username or password includes the following characters, those characters must be converted using percent encoding:

$ : / ? # [ ] @

The following sharded cluster connection string includes the these elements:

mongosh "mongodb://mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin" --apiVersion 1 --username myDatabaseUser
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongos0.example.com:27017,mongos1.example.com:27017,mongos2.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin

If the username or password includes the following characters, those characters must be converted using percent encoding:

$ : / ? # [ ] @

The following standalone connection string enforces access control:

mongosh "mongodb://@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin" --apiVersion 1 --username myDatabaseUser
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin
mongodb://myDatabaseUser:D1fficultP%40ssw0rd@mongodb0.example.com:27017/?authSource=admin

If the username or password includes the following characters, those characters must be converted using percent encoding:

$ : / ? # [ ] @

Learn More

For a full list of connection string options, see Connection String Options.

For more connection string examples, see:

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