Connecting to Remote Server

Control Architect supports connecting to a remote Server such as a Mongo Atlas Cloud host or a remote Network Server that has MongoDb server installed and running as a Service.

 

 

The Windows Server machine hosting the MongoDB Service needs to open its port 27017 to allow inbound connections.  Create a new Inbound Rule in your Windows Server 2016 server to open port 27017 to allow inbound connection requests.

 

 

 

The storage and net sections of this configuration file require adjusting to reflect your server configuration.

The default port# 27017 can be maintained or the IT specialist may choose another port to provide inbound connections.

The physical database path as shown below for "dbPath" should be changed to reflect the folder path that contains your Mongo DB database files.

 

 

If authentication is required on the Mongo database, then modify the configuration file as follows:

 

 

This configuration file is typically stored where the Mongo Server binary files are located, but can be stored anywhere.  The Mongo Service when installed requires you to specify the location of this configuration file.

 

 

 

 

 

After running the command to install the Mongo Service, you can view the installed Server status using Windows "service.msc" as shown below:

 

 

 

Determine if your Server installation will require authenticated access to the Mongo databases.  If authentication is required, then your Server manager must add the users and their credentials and provide this data to the clients to allow them to connect using authentication.  Refer to this topic for information about adding new users for authenticated access.  Choose the Use MongoServer Authentication option to enable passing of authentication User Name and Password when connecting to a Mongo Server.

 

Administrators will want to add an admin account to the Mongo [admin] database as a "root" role.  See https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/built-in-roles/ for a discussion on built-in roles available for the Mongo database.

 

 

 

See the topic Moving Server Database for information on copying an existing physical database to move it to another file location.