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Connect with LDAP

Note

Starting in MongoDB 8.0, LDAP authentication and authorization is deprecated. LDAP is available and will continue to operate without changes throughout the lifetime of MongoDB 8. LDAP will be removed in a future major release.

You can connect to your MongoDB Enterprise deployment or MongoDB Atlas cluster using Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication with the MongoDB MCP server.

To learn more, see the following resources:

Configuration Options

To connect to a MongoDB deployment with LDAP, configure the following options in your MCP server configuration:

CLI Option Name	OS Environment Variable Name	Type	Necessity	Description
`username`	`MDB_MCP_USERNAME`	string	Required	Set the username to a username that respects the `security.ldap.authz.queryTemplate`, or any configured `security.ldap.userToDNMapping` template.
`password`	`MDB_MCP_PASSWORD`	string	Required	Password for the specified LDAP user.
`authenticationDatabase`	`MDB_MCP_AUTHENTICATION_DATABASE`	string	Required	Set to `$external` for LDAP authentication.
`authenticationMechanism`	`MDB_MCP_AUTHENTICATION_MECHANISM`	string	Required	Set to `PLAIN` to use LDAP authentication.

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