How to connect to Amazon DocumentDB from Node.js

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How do I connect to Amazon's new DocumentBD database from node.js (In this case, using an out-of-the-box Elastic Beanstalk setup.)

This is my code, copied from the docs (with some values altered for privacy). It just times out and the eventual value of 'err' is 'true'. What did I miss? How can I get a better error?

var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient,fs = require('fs');
var ca = [fs.readFileSync("rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem")];
var connection_string = "mongodb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@docdb-2019-04-23-12-55-44.cluster-abcdefghij.eu-west-1.docdb.amazonaws.com:27017/?ssl=true&&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred";

MongoClient.connect(
        connection_string, {
            sslValidate: true,
            sslCA: ca,
            useNewUrlParser: true
        },
        function (err,client) {
            console.log(err+" , "+ client);
        });

Here's hoping somebody knows.

Have you set your security group for your DocumentDB database to allow connections from wherever this code is running? — hephalump
– hephalump, Commented Apr 25, 2019 at 12:38
Excellent question. hmmm... let me go and see if I can figure out how to do that. — Gordon Truslove
– Gordon Truslove, Commented Apr 25, 2019 at 14:40
It worked. If you'd like to add that as an answer, then I'll tick it. — Gordon Truslove
– Gordon Truslove, Commented Apr 25, 2019 at 14:51
Great suggestion by hephalump@. Wanted to point you to the exact documentation. You can refer to point number 7.d of this documentation which talks about setting up the rules for security groups. — sayantancs
– sayantancs, Commented May 28, 2020 at 0:07

hephalump · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-25 14:54:31Z

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A timeout is often an indication that security groups are not properly configured. Check your DocumentDB inbound security group configuration to ensure that traffic from the source is permitted to your DocumentDB instance.

answered Apr 25, 2019 at 14:54

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Joseph Idziorek Over a year ago

Good answer. For more troubleshooting scenarios, also please see: docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/…

Joseph Idziorek Over a year ago

Also, here is a quick video on how to get started: youtube.com/watch?v=qk98rR08szU

philosopher Over a year ago

Hey, thanks for the answer. Being a networking noob that I am, can you ELI5 what rule I specifically need to add to allow my local NodeJS app to connect to DynamoDB? Currently, I have Inbound Rules - 'All TCP'

Trapper Davis Over a year ago

It needs to also be know that DocumentDB by default is in a VPC. You cannot connect your locally running application to the DB. You need to create an EC2 instance, SSL into that instance and then install the mongo shell. You can then use the CLI to communicate with you DB.

Mike · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-24 22:29:58Z

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Removing the cluster- from the URL seems to work for me.

answered Mar 24, 2021 at 22:29

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Alok · Accepted Answer · 2023-05-11 03:55:07Z

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In the mongo uri we need to repalce ssl to tls and add tlsCAFile in connection options

var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var connection_string = "mongodb://USERNAME:PASSWORD@docdb-2019-04-23-12-55-44.cluster-abcdefghij.eu-west-1.docdb.amazonaws.com:27017/?tls=true&&replicaSet=rs0&readPreference=secondaryPreferred";

MongoClient.connect(
        connection_string, {
            tlsCAFile: `rds-combined-ca-bundle.pem`
        },
        function (err,client) {
            console.log(err+" , "+ client);
        });

Referance: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/documentdb/latest/developerguide/connect_programmatically.html

answered May 11, 2023 at 3:55

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