Connecting to a Remote Mongo Database with MongoDB Atlas

Connect to a MongoDB Atlas account for simpler database setup and administration compared to other deployments.

Before you begin ensure you meet the following requirements.
  • A server running SystemLink 2021 R1 or later
  • A MongoDB Atlas account
    Note Due to memory constraints on the Atlas free tier, you must have a paid Atlas account to connect to SystemLink.
  • A user with the readWriteAnyDatabase role and the createCollection privilege
    Note The readWrite role does not include the createCollection privilege.
  1. Refer to Get Started with Atlas to set up an Atlas cluster.
  2. Refer to Get Connection String to obtain a connection string.
    Note In the sample connection string Atlas provides, replace the instance of myFirstDatabase with admin. For example, you would update mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster>/myFirstDatabase?retryWrites=true&w=majority to mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster>/admin?retryWrites=true&w=majority.