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Deploy a Federated Database Instance with Atlas Cluster Data

This page describes how to deploy a federated database instance for accessing data in an Atlas cluster.

Required Access

To deploy a federated database instance, you must have Project Owner access to the project.

Important

Users with Organization Owner access must add themselves as a Project Owner to the project before deploying their federated database instance.

Prerequisites

Before you begin, you will need to:

  • Create a MongoDB Atlas account, if you do not have one already.

  • Create an Atlas Cluster, if you do not have one already. Atlas Data Federation supports Atlas clusters deployed to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.

    Note

    To use your Atlas cluster as a data store, you must deploy it to the same project as your federated database instance.

  • Add data to at least one collection on your Atlas cluster if you have not already.