Overview
Use the following configuration settings to specify how your MongoDB Kafka source connector establishes a connection and communicates with your MongoDB cluster.
For a list of source connector configuration settings organized by category, see the guide on Source Connector Configuration Properties.
Settings
| Name | Description | 
|---|---|
| connection.uri | Required Type: string Description: The URI connection string
to connect to your MongoDB instance or cluster. To learn more, see Connect to MongoDB. IMPORTANT: To avoid exposing your authentication credentials in your
 Default:  mongodb://localhost:27017,localhost:27018,localhost:27019Accepted Values: A MongoDB URI connection string | 
| database | Type: string Description: Name of the database to watch for changes. If not set, the connector
watches all databases for changes. Default:  ""Accepted Values: A single database name | 
| collection | Type: string Description: Name of the collection in the database to watch for changes. If not
set, the connector watches all collections for changes. IMPORTANT: If your  databaseconfiguration is set to"", the connector
ignores thecollectionsetting.Default:  ""Accepted Values: A single collection name | 
| server.api.version | Type: string Description: The Stable API version you want to use with your MongoDB
cluster. For more information on the Stable API and versions of
MongoDB server that support it, see the Stable API
guide. Default:  ""Accepted Values: An empty string or a valid Stable API version. | 
| server.api.deprecationErrors | Type: boolean Description: When set to  true, if the connector calls a command on your
MongoDB instance that's deprecated in the declared Stable API
version, it raises an exception.You can set the API version with the  server.api.versionconfiguration option. For more information on the Stable API, see
the MongoDB manual entry on the
Stable API.Default:  falseAccepted Values:  trueorfalse | 
| server.api.strict | Type: boolean Description: When set to  true, if the connector calls a command on your
MongoDB instance that's not covered in the declared Stable API
version, it raises an exception.You can set the API version with the  server.api.versionconfiguration option. For more information on the Stable API, see
the MongoDB manual entry on the
Stable API.Default:  falseAccepted Values:  trueorfalse |