Connecting to MongoDB through SSL

[Fabian Bernhard]

Dear list,

I try to connect to the MongoDB Server through SSL, using the following code:

var config = {

mongo: {

host: "example.com",

port: 27017,

db: "my-db",

username: "webuser",

password: "secret"

}

}

var dbstring = "mongodb://" + config.mongo.host + ":" + config.mongo.port + "/"

+ config.mongo.db;

var dboptions = {

username: config.mongo.username,

password: config.mongo.password

};

mongoose.connect(dbstring, dboptions);

The connection fails, the MongoDB server log says:

Tue Jan 14 10:12:03.081 [initandlisten] connection accepted from XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:49967 #15 (3 connections now open)
Tue Jan 14 10:12:03.105 [conn15] ERROR: no SSL certificate provided by peer; connection rejected
Tue Jan 14 10:12:03.105 [conn15] SocketException handling request, closing client connection: 9001 socket exception [CONNECT_ERROR] 

How can I provide an SSL certificate to the MongoDB connection through Mongoose Node.JS?

Thank you!

[Fabian Bernhard]

Reading through the code I have found the answer myself. The correct configuration is this:

var dboptions = {

username: config.mongo.username,

password: config.mongo.password,

server: { 

ssl: true,

sslCert: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/mongodb.crt'),

sslKey: fs.readFileSync('./ssl/mongodb.key')

}

};

With this the encrypted communication with the MongoDB works. 

[Fabian Bernhard]

Correction: It should be user/pass and not username/password.

var dboptions = {

user: config.mongo.username,

pass: config.mongo.password,