Connect Azure Active Directory and MongoDB Atlas - Tutorial

To connect MongoDB Atlas to Azure Active Directory with privilege access levels using Functions, follow these steps:

  1. Create an Azure Function App: Create a new Function App in Azure Portal and add the necessary dependencies in the package.json file, such as mongodb, @azure/msal-node and jsonwebtoken.

  2. Configure Azure AD: Register your application in the Azure Active Directory and get the client_id, client_secret, tenant_id and audience values.

  3. Configure MongoDB Atlas: In the Atlas dashboard, create a new user with appropriate roles and permissions.

  4. Implement the Azure Function: In the Azure Function, add the code to authenticate with Azure AD using the @azure/msal-node package, generate a JWT token using the jsonwebtoken package, and connect to the MongoDB Atlas cluster using the mongodb package.

  5. Test the Function: Test the Azure Function by invoking it from a REST client or through the Function App console.

Here’s an example of how to implement an Azure Function to connect to MongoDB Atlas with privilege access levels using Functions:

const { MongoClient } = require('mongodb');
const jwt = require('jsonwebtoken');
const msal = require('@azure/msal-node');

const mongoUri = 'mongodb+srv://<username>:<password>@<cluster-url>/test?retryWrites=true&w=majority';
const authorityUrl = `https://login.microsoftonline.com/<tenant-id>/oauth2/v2.0/token`;

const config = {
  auth: {
    clientId: '<client-id>',
    clientSecret: '<client-secret>',
    authority: authorityUrl,
  },
  scopes: ['user.read'],
};

const getToken = async () => {
  const cca = new msal.ConfidentialClientApplication(config);
  const authResult = await cca.acquireTokenByClientCredential({
    scopes: config.scopes,
  });
  const token = jwt.sign(
    { aud: '<audience>' },
    authResult.accessToken,
    { expiresIn: '1h' },
  );
  return token;
};

const getDb = async () => {
  const token = await getToken();
  const client = await MongoClient.connect(mongoUri, {
    useNewUrlParser: true,
    useUnifiedTopology: true,
    ssl: true,
    sslValidate: true,
    sslCA: new Buffer.from(process.env.MONGODB_CA_CERT),
    auth: { source: '$external', mechanism: 'MONGODB-X509' },
    authMechanismProperties: {
      SERVICE_NAME: '<service-name>',
      CANONICALIZE_HOST_NAME: '<canonicalize-host-name>',
    },
  });
  return client.db('<database-name>');
};

module.exports = async function (context, req) {
  const db = await getDb();
  const collection = db.collection('<collection-name>');
  const results = await collection.find({}).toArray();
  context.res = {
    body: results,
  };
};

This code uses the @azure/msal-node package to authenticate with Azure AD, generates a JWT token using the jsonwebtoken package, and connects to the MongoDB Atlas cluster using the mongodb package. It then retrieves data from a MongoDB Atlas collection and returns it in the HTTP response. You can modify the code to suit your specific use case.