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.TH "MONGOS" "1" "January 30, 2015" "3.0" "mongodb-manual"
.SH NAME
mongos \- MongoDB Sharded Cluster Query Router
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBmongos\fP for "MongoDB Shard," is a routing service for
MongoDB shard configurations that processes queries from the
application layer, and determines the location of this data in the
\fIsharded cluster\fP, in order to complete these operations.
From the perspective of the application, a
\fBmongos\fP instance behaves identically to any other MongoDB
instance.
.SH CONSIDERATIONS
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Never change the name of the \fBmongos\fP binary.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS Core Options
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.B mongos
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.B \-\-help, \-h
Returns information on the options and use of \fBmongos\fP\&.
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.B \-\-version
Returns the \fBmongos\fP release number.
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.B \-\-config <filename>, \-f <filename>
Specifies a configuration file for runtime configuration options. The
configuration file is the preferred method for runtime configuration of
\fBmongos\fP\&. The options are equivalent to the command\-line
configuration options. See http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/configuration\-options for
more information.
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Ensure the configuration file uses ASCII encoding. The \fBmongos\fP
instance does not support configuration files with non\-ASCII encoding,
including UTF\-8.
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.B \-\-verbose, \-v
Increases the amount of internal reporting returned on standard output
or in log files. Increase the verbosity with the \fB\-v\fP form by
including the option multiple times, (e.g. \fB\-vvvvv\fP\&.)
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.B \-\-quiet
Runs the \fBmongos\fP in a quiet mode that attempts to limit the amount
of output.
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This option suppresses:
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output from \fIdatabase commands\fP
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replication activity
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connection accepted events
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connection closed events
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.B \-\-port <port>
\fIDefault\fP: 27017
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Specifies the TCP port on which the MongoDB instance listens for
client connections.
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.B \-\-bind_ip <ip address>
\fIDefault\fP: All interfaces.
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Changed in version 2.6.0: The \fBdeb\fP and \fBrpm\fP packages include a default
configuration file that sets \fI\%\-\-bind_ip\fP to \fB127.0.0.1\fP\&.

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Specifies the IP address that \fBmongos\fP binds to in order to listen
for connections from applications. You may attach \fBmongos\fP to any
interface. When attaching \fBmongos\fP to a publicly accessible
interface, ensure that you have implemented proper authentication and
firewall restrictions to protect the integrity of your database.
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.B \-\-maxConns <number>
Specifies the maximum number of simultaneous connections that
\fBmongos\fP will accept. This setting will have no effect if the
value of this setting is higher than your operating system\(aqs configured
maximum connection tracking threshold.
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This setting is particularly useful for \fBmongos\fP if you
have a client that creates a number of connections but allows them
to timeout rather than close the connections. When you set
\fBmaxIncomingConnections\fP, ensure the value is slightly
higher than the size of the connection pool or the total number of
connections to prevent erroneous connection spikes from propagating
to the members of a \fIsharded cluster\fP\&.
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Changed in version 2.6: MongoDB removed the upward limit on the \fBmaxIncomingConnections\fP setting.

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.B \-\-syslog
Sends all logging output to the host\(aqs \fIsyslog\fP system rather
than to standard output or to a log file. , as with \fI\%\-\-logpath\fP\&.
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The \fI\%\-\-syslog\fP option is not supported on Windows.
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.B \-\-syslogFacility <string>
\fIDefault\fP: user
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Specifies the facility level used when logging messages to syslog.
The value you specify must be supported by your
operating system\(aqs implementation of syslog. To use this option, you
must enable the \fI\%\-\-syslog\fP option.
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.B \-\-logpath <path>
Sends all diagnostic logging information to a log file instead of to
standard output or to the host\(aqs \fIsyslog\fP system. MongoDB creates
the log file at the path you specify.
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By default, MongoDB overwrites the log file when the process restarts.
To instead append to the log file, set the \fI\%\-\-logappend\fP option.
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.B \-\-logappend
Appends new entries to the end of the log file rather than overwriting
the content of the log when the \fBmongos\fP instance restarts.
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.B \-\-timeStampFormat <string>
\fIDefault\fP: iso8601\-local
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The time format for timestamps in log messages. Specify one of the
following values:
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Description
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\fBctime\fP
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Displays timestamps as \fBWed Dec 31
18:17:54.811\fP\&.
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\fBiso8601\-utc\fP
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Displays timestamps in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in the
ISO\-8601 format. For example, for New York at the start of the
Epoch: \fB1970\-01\-01T00:00:00.000Z\fP
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\fBiso8601\-local\fP
T}	T{
Displays timestamps in local time in the ISO\-8601
format. For example, for New York at the start of the Epoch:
\fB1969\-12\-31T19:00:00.000+0500\fP
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.B \-\-pidfilepath <path>
Specifies a file location to hold the process ID of the \fBmongos\fP
process where \fBmongos\fP will write its PID. This is useful for
tracking the \fBmongos\fP process in combination with the
\fI\%\-\-fork\fP option. Without a specified \fI\%\-\-pidfilepath\fP option, the
process creates no PID file.
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.B \-\-keyFile <file>
Specifies the path to a key file that stores the shared secret
that MongoDB instances use to authenticate to each other in a
\fIsharded cluster\fP or \fIreplica set\fP\&. \fI\%\-\-keyFile\fP implies
\fI\-\-auth\fP\&. See \fIinter\-process\-auth\fP for more
information.
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.B \-\-setParameter <options>
Specifies one of the MongoDB parameters described in
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/parameters\&. You can specify multiple \fBsetParameter\fP
fields.
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.B \-\-httpinterface
New in version 2.6.

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Enables the HTTP interface. Enabling the interface can increase
network exposure.
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Leave the HTTP interface \fIdisabled\fP for production deployments. If you
\fIdo\fP enable this interface, you should only allow trusted clients to
access this port. See \fIsecurity\-firewalls\fP\&.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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In MongoDB Enterprise, the HTTP Console does not support Kerberos
Authentication.
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.B \-\-nounixsocket
Disables listening on the UNIX domain socket. The \fBmongos\fP process
always listens on the UNIX socket unless one of the following is true:
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\fI\%\-\-nounixsocket\fP is set
.IP \(bu 2
\fBbindIp\fP is not set
.IP \(bu 2
\fBbindIp\fP does not specify \fB127.0.0.1\fP
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New in version 2.6: \fBmongos\fP installed from official \fB\&.deb\fP and \fB\&.rpm\fP packages
have the \fBbind_ip\fP configuration set to \fB127.0.0.1\fP by
default.

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.B \-\-unixSocketPrefix <path>
\fIDefault\fP: /tmp
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The path for the UNIX socket. If this option has no value, the
\fBmongos\fP process creates a socket with \fB/tmp\fP as a prefix. MongoDB
creates and listens on a UNIX socket unless one of the following is true:
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\fI\%\-\-nounixsocket\fP is set
.IP \(bu 2
\fBbindIp\fP is not set
.IP \(bu 2
\fBbindIp\fP does not specify \fB127.0.0.1\fP
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.B \-\-fork
Enables a \fIdaemon\fP mode that runs the \fBmongos\fP process in the
background. By default \fBmongos\fP does not run as a daemon:
typically you will run \fBmongos\fP as a daemon, either by using
\fI\%\-\-fork\fP or by using a controlling process that handles the
daemonization process (e.g. as with \fBupstart\fP and \fBsystemd\fP).
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.SS Sharded Cluster Options
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.B \-\-configdb <config1>,<config2>,<config3>
Specifies the \fIconfiguration database\fP for the
\fIsharded cluster\fP\&. You must specify either 1 or 3
configuration servers, in a comma separated list. \fBAlways\fP use 3
config servers in production environments.
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All \fBmongos\fP instances \fBmust\fP specify the exact same value for
\fI\%\-\-configdb\fP
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If your configuration databases reside in more that one data center,
order the hosts so that first config sever in the list is the closest to the
majority of your \fBmongos\fP instances.
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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Never remove a config server from this setting, even if the config
server is not available or offline.
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.B \-\-localThreshold
\fIDefault\fP: 15
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Affects the logic that \fBmongos\fP uses when selecting
\fIreplica set\fP members to pass read operations from clients.
Specify a value in milliseconds. The default value of \fB15\fP
corresponds to the default value in all of the client \fBdrivers\fP\&.
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When \fBmongos\fP receives a request that permits reads to
\fIsecondary\fP members, the \fBmongos\fP will:
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Find the member of the set with the lowest ping time.
.IP \(bu 2
Construct a list of replica set members that is within a ping time of
15 milliseconds of the nearest suitable member of the set.
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If you specify a value for the \fI\%\-\-localThreshold\fP option, \fBmongos\fP will
construct the list of replica members that are within the latency
allowed by this value.
.IP \(bu 2
Select a member to read from at random from this list.
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The ping time used for a member compared by the \fI\%\-\-localThreshold\fP setting is a
moving average of recent ping times, calculated at most every 10
seconds. As a result, some queries may reach members above the threshold
until the \fBmongos\fP recalculates the average.
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See the \fIreplica\-set\-read\-preference\-behavior\-member\-selection\fP
section of the \fBread preference\fP
documentation for more information.
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.B \-\-upgrade
Updates the meta data format used by the \fIconfig database\fP\&.
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.B \-\-chunkSize <value>
\fIDefault\fP: 64
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Determines the size in megabytes of each \fIchunk\fP in the
\fIsharded cluster\fP\&. A size of 64 megabytes is ideal in most
deployments: larger chunk size can lead to uneven data distribution;
smaller chunk size can lead to inefficient movement of chunks between
nodes.
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This option affects chunk size \fIonly\fP when you initialize the cluster
for the first time. If you later modify the option, the new value has no
effect. See the http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/modify\-chunk\-size\-in\-sharded\-cluster
procedure if you need to change the chunk size on an existing sharded
cluster.
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.B \-\-noAutoSplit
Prevents \fBmongos\fP from automatically inserting metadata splits
in a \fIsharded collection\fP\&. If set on all
\fBmongos\fP instances, this prevents MongoDB from creating new
chunks as the data in a collection grows.
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Because any \fBmongos\fP in a cluster can create a split, to
totally disable splitting in a cluster you must set \fI\%\-\-noAutoSplit\fP on all
\fBmongos\fP\&.
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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With \fI\%\-\-noAutoSplit\fP enabled, the data in your sharded
cluster may become imbalanced over time. Enable with caution.
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.SS SSL Options
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.SS See
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http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl for full
documentation of MongoDB\(aqs support.
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.B \-\-sslOnNormalPorts
Deprecated since version 2.6.

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Enables SSL for \fBmongos\fP\&.
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With \fI\%\-\-sslOnNormalPorts\fP, a \fBmongos\fP requires SSL encryption for all
connections on the default MongoDB port, or the port specified by
\fI\-\-port\fP\&. By default, \fI\%\-\-sslOnNormalPorts\fP is
disabled.
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The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslMode <mode>
New in version 2.6.

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Enables SSL or mixed SSL used for all network connections. The
argument to the \fI\%\-\-sslMode\fP option can be one of the following:
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Description
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\fBdisabled\fP
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The server does not use SSL.
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\fBallowSSL\fP
T}	T{
Connections between servers do not use SSL. For incoming
connections, the server accepts both SSL and non\-SSL.
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\fBpreferSSL\fP
T}	T{
Connections between servers use SSL. For incoming
connections, the server accepts both SSL and non\-SSL.
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\fBrequireSSL\fP
T}	T{
The server uses and accepts only SSL encrypted connections.
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The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslPEMKeyFile <filename>
New in version 2.2.

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Specifies the \fB\&.pem\fP file that contains both the SSL certificate
and key. Specify the file name of the \fB\&.pem\fP file using relative
or absolute paths.
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When SSL is enabled, you must specify \fI\-\-sslPEMKeyFile\fP\&.
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The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslPEMKeyPassword <value>
New in version 2.2.

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Specifies the password to de\-crypt the certificate\-key file (i.e.
\fB\-\-sslPEMKeyFile\fP). Use the \fI\-\-sslPEMKeyPassword\fP option only if the
certificate\-key file is encrypted. In all cases, the \fBmongos\fP will
redact the password from all logging and reporting output.
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Changed in version 2.6: If the private key in the PEM file is encrypted and you do not
specify the \fI\-\-sslPEMKeyPassword\fP option, the \fBmongos\fP will prompt for a
passphrase. See \fIssl\-certificate\-password\fP\&.

.sp
The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-clusterAuthMode <option>
\fIDefault\fP: keyFile
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New in version 2.6.

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The authentication mode used for cluster authentication. If you use
\fIinternal x.509 authentication\fP,
specify so here. This option can have one of the following values:
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\fBkeyFile\fP
T}	T{
Use a keyfile for authentication.
Accept only keyfiles.
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\fBsendKeyFile\fP
T}	T{
For rolling upgrade purposes. Send a keyfile for
authentication but can accept both keyfiles and x.509
certificates.
T}
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\fBsendX509\fP
T}	T{
For rolling upgrade purposes. Send the x.509 certificate for
authentication but can accept both keyfiles and x.509
certificates.
T}
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\fBx509\fP
T}	T{
Recommended. Send the x.509 certificate for authentication and
accept only x.509 certificates.
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The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslClusterFile <filename>
New in version 2.6.

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Specifies the \fB\&.pem\fP file that contains the x.509 certificate\-key
file for \fImembership authentication\fP
for the cluster or replica set.
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If \fI\%\-\-sslClusterFile\fP does not specify the \fB\&.pem\fP file for internal cluster
authentication, the cluster uses the \fB\&.pem\fP file specified in the
\fI\-\-sslPEMKeyFile\fP option.
.sp
The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for
SSL.  For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslClusterPassword <value>
New in version 2.6.

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Specifies the password to de\-crypt the x.509 certificate\-key file
specified with \fB\-\-sslClusterFile\fP\&. Use the \fI\%\-\-sslClusterPassword\fP option only
if the certificate\-key file is encrypted. In all cases, the \fBmongos\fP
will redact the password from all logging and reporting output.
.sp
If the x.509 key file is encrypted and you do not specify the
\fI\%\-\-sslClusterPassword\fP option, the \fBmongos\fP will prompt for a passphrase. See
\fIssl\-certificate\-password\fP\&.
.sp
The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslCAFile <filename>
New in version 2.4.

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Specifies the \fB\&.pem\fP file that contains the root certificate chain
from the Certificate Authority. Specify the file name of the
\fB\&.pem\fP file using relative or absolute paths.
.sp
The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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\fBWARNING:\fP
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If the \fI\-\-sslCAFile\fP option and its target
file are not specified, x.509 client and member authentication will not
function. \fBmongod\fP, and \fBmongos\fP in sharded systems,
will not be able to verify the certificates of processes connecting to it
against the trusted certificate authority (CA) that issued them, breaking
the certificate chain.
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As of version 2.6.4, \fBmongod\fP will not start with x.509
authentication enabled if the CA file is not specified.
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.B \-\-sslCRLFile <filename>
New in version 2.4.

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Specifies the \fB\&.pem\fP file that contains the Certificate Revocation
List. Specify the file name of the \fB\&.pem\fP file using relative or
absolute paths.
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The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslWeakCertificateValidation
New in version 2.4.

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Changed in version 3.0.0: \fB\-\-sslAllowConnectionsWithoutCertificates\fP became \fI\%\-\-sslWeakCertificateValidation\fP\&. For
compatibility, MongoDB processes continue to accept
\fB\-\-sslAllowConnectionsWithoutCertificates\fP, but all users should
update their configuration files.

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Disables the requirement for SSL certificate validation that
\fB\-\-sslCAFile\fP enables. With the \fI\%\-\-sslWeakCertificateValidation\fP option, the \fBmongos\fP
will accept connections when the client does not present a certificate
when establishing the connection.
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If the client presents a certificate and the \fBmongos\fP has \fI\%\-\-sslWeakCertificateValidation\fP
enabled, the \fBmongos\fP will validate the certificate using the root
certificate chain specified by \fB\-\-sslCAFile\fP and reject clients
with invalid certificates.
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Use the \fI\%\-\-sslWeakCertificateValidation\fP option if you have a mixed deployment that includes
clients that do not or cannot present certificates to the \fBmongos\fP\&.
.sp
The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslAllowInvalidCertificates
New in version 2.6.

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Bypasses the validation checks for SSL certificates on other servers
in the cluster and allows the use of invalid certificates. When using
the \fBallowInvalidCertificates\fP setting, MongoDB
logs as a warning the use of the invalid certificate.
.sp
The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslAllowInvalidHostnames
New in version 3.0.

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Disables the validation of the hostnames in SSL certificates, when
connecting to other \fBmongos\fP instances for inter\-process
authentication. This allows \fBmongos\fP to connect to other
\fBmongos\fP instances if the hostnames in their certificates do not
match their configured hostname.
.sp
The default distribution of MongoDB does not contain support for SSL.
For more information on MongoDB and SSL, see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-ssl\&.
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.B \-\-sslFIPSMode
New in version 2.4.

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Directs the \fBmongos\fP to use the FIPS mode of the installed OpenSSL
library. Your system must have a FIPS compliant OpenSSL library to use
the \fI\-\-sslFIPSMode\fP option.
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\fBNOTE:\fP
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FIPS Compatible SSL is
available only in \fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&. See
http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/configure\-fips for more information.
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.B \-\-auditDestination
New in version 2.6.

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Enables \fBauditing\fP\&. The \fI\%\-\-auditDestination\fP option can
have one of the following values:
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T{
Value
T}	T{
Description
T}
_
T{
\fBsyslog\fP
T}	T{
Output the audit events to syslog in JSON format. Not available on
Windows. Audit messages have a syslog severity level of \fBinfo\fP
and a facility level of \fBuser\fP\&.
.sp
The syslog message limit can result in the truncation of
audit messages. The auditing system will neither detect the
truncation nor error upon its occurrence.
T}
_
T{
\fBconsole\fP
T}	T{
Output the audit events to \fBstdout\fP in JSON format.
T}
_
T{
\fBfile\fP
T}	T{
Output the audit events to the file specified in
\fI\%\-\-auditPath\fP in the format specified in
\fI\%\-\-auditFormat\fP\&.
T}
_
.TE
.sp
\fBNOTE:\fP
.INDENT 7.0
.INDENT 3.5
Available only in \fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-auditFormat
New in version 2.6.

.sp
Specifies the format of the output file for \fBauditing\fP if \fI\%\-\-auditDestination\fP is \fBfile\fP\&. The
\fI\%\-\-auditFormat\fP option can have one of the following values:
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T{
Value
T}	T{
Description
T}
_
T{
\fBJSON\fP
T}	T{
Output the audit events in JSON format to the file specified
in \fI\%\-\-auditPath\fP\&.
T}
_
T{
\fBBSON\fP
T}	T{
Output the audit events in BSON binary format to the file
specified in \fI\%\-\-auditPath\fP\&.
T}
_
.TE
.sp
Printing audit events to a file in JSON format degrades server
performance more than printing to a file in BSON format.
.sp
\fBNOTE:\fP
.INDENT 7.0
.INDENT 3.5
Available only in \fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-auditPath
New in version 2.6.

.sp
Specifies the output file for \fBauditing\fP if
\fI\%\-\-auditDestination\fP has value of \fBfile\fP\&. The \fI\%\-\-auditPath\fP
option can take either a full path name or a relative path name.
.sp
\fBNOTE:\fP
.INDENT 7.0
.INDENT 3.5
Available only in \fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-auditFilter
New in version 2.6.

.sp
Specifies the filter to limit the \fItypes of operations\fP the \fBaudit system\fP records. The option takes a string representation
of a query document of the form:
.INDENT 7.0
.INDENT 3.5
.sp
.nf
.ft C
{ <field1>: <expression1>, ... }
.ft P
.fi
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.sp
The \fB<field>\fP can be \fBany field in the audit message\fP, including fields returned in the
\fIparam\fP document. The
\fB<expression>\fP is a \fIquery condition expression\fP\&.
.sp
To specify an audit filter, enclose the filter document in single
quotes to pass the document as a string.
.sp
To specify the audit filter in a \fBconfiguration file\fP, you must use the YAML format of
the configuration file.
.sp
\fBNOTE:\fP
.INDENT 7.0
.INDENT 3.5
Available only in \fI\%MongoDB Enterprise\fP\&.
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.UNINDENT
.SS Additional Options
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-ipv6
Enables IPv6 support and allows the \fBmongos\fP to connect to the
MongoDB instance using an IPv6 network. All MongoDB programs and
processes disable IPv6 support by default.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-jsonp
Permits \fIJSONP\fP access via an HTTP interface. Enabling the
interface can increase network exposure. The \fI\%\-\-jsonp\fP option enables the
HTTP interface, even if the \fBHTTP interface\fP
option is disabled.
.UNINDENT
.INDENT 0.0
.TP
.B \-\-noscripting
Disables the scripting engine.
.UNINDENT
.SH AUTHOR
MongoDB Documentation Project
.SH COPYRIGHT
2011-2015
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