# MongoDB

### Supported Platforms

| Platform | Metrics | Logs | Traces |
| -------- | ------- | ---- | ------ |
| Linux    | ✓       | ✓    |        |
| Windows  | ✓       | ✓    |        |
| macOS    | ✓       | ✓    |        |

### Prerequisites

This source supports MongoDB versions 4.0+, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0.

### Configuration Table

<table><thead><tr><th>Parameter</th><th width="182.30859375">Type</th><th width="363.23046875">Default</th><th width="277.671875">Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>telemetry_types</td><td><code>telemetrySelector</code></td><td><code>["Logs", "Metrics"]</code></td><td>Choose Telemetry Type.</td></tr><tr><td>log_paths</td><td><code>strings</code></td><td><ul><li><code>\"/var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log_\"</code></li><li><code>\"/var/log/mongodb/mongod.log_\"</code></li></ul></td><td>Path to Mongodb log file(s).</td></tr><tr><td>start_at</td><td><code>enum</code></td><td>end</td><td>Start reading the file from the 'beginning' or 'end'.</td></tr><tr><td>hosts</td><td><code>strings</code></td><td>"localhost:27017"</td><td><p>List of host:port or unix domain socket endpoints.</p><ul><li>For standalone MongoDB deployments this is the hostname and port of the mongod instance.</li><li>For replica sets specify the hostnames and ports of the mongod instances that are in the replica set configuration. If the replica_set field is specified, nodes will be auto discovered.</li><li>For a sharded MongoDB deployment, please specify a list of the mongos hosts.</li></ul></td></tr><tr><td>username</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>If authentication is required, specify a username with "clusterMonitor" permission.</td></tr><tr><td>password</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>The password user's password.</td></tr><tr><td>collection_interval</td><td><code>int</code></td><td>60</td><td>Sets how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.</td></tr><tr><td>enable_tls</td><td><code>bool</code></td><td>false</td><td>Whether or not to use TLS.</td></tr><tr><td>insecure_skip_verify</td><td><code>bool</code></td><td>false</td><td>Enable to skip TLS certificate verification.</td></tr><tr><td>ca_file</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>Certificate authority used to validate the database server's TLS certificate.</td></tr><tr><td>cert_file</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>A TLS certificate used for client authentication if mutual TLS is enabled.</td></tr><tr><td>key_file</td><td><code>string</code></td><td></td><td>A TLS private key used for client authentication if mutual TLS is enabled.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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