Can Meteor connect to MongoDB via SSL?

Question

Can Meteor connect to MongoDB via SSL? If so, what should MONGO_URL be set so that the connection is encrypted?

Answer 1

It looks like you just need to include ssl=true in the MONGO_URL connection MONGO_URL , for example.

MONGO_URL=mongodb://user: password@ip :port/mydb?ssl=true

Cm:

• https://github.com/meteor/meteor/issues/4812#issuecomment-129074941
• https://forums.meteor.com/t/what-mongo-url-to-connect-to-mongodb-server-with-ssl/13223

Update:

Since writing this answer, I really tried and could not use the ssl=true parameter in the MONGO_URL connection MONGO_URL .

This prompted me to study the Mongo.setConnectionOptions method and publish this simple package that allows you to switch to more advanced connection options .

Answer 2

Yes! In fact, on free Meteor hosting, all Mongo connection URLs are SSL connection URLs. It works fine because for low-level operations with MongoDB, Meteor uses the same node-Mongodb-native npm module that supports SSL.