Connect to MongoDB

This page describes how consuming apps connect to a MongoDB resource that is already modeled in your AppHost. For the AppHost API surface — adding a MongoDB server, databases, Mongo Express, volumes, and more — see MongoDB Hosting integration.

When you reference a MongoDB resource from your AppHost, Aspire injects the connection information into the consuming app as environment variables. Your app can either read those environment variables directly — the pattern works the same from any language — or, in C#, use the Aspire MongoDB client integration for automatic dependency injection, health checks, and telemetry.

Connection properties

Aspire exposes each property as an environment variable named [RESOURCE]_[PROPERTY]. For instance, the Uri property of a resource called mongodb becomes MONGODB_URI.

MongoDB server

The MongoDB server resource exposes the following connection properties:

Property Name	Description
Host	The hostname or IP address of the MongoDB server
Port	The port number the MongoDB server is listening on
Username	The username for authentication
Password	The password for authentication
AuthenticationDatabase	The authentication database (when credentials are configured)
AuthenticationMechanism	The authentication mechanism (when credentials are configured)
Uri	The connection URI, with the format mongodb://{Username}:{Password}@{Host}:{Port}/?authSource={AuthenticationDatabase}&authMechanism={AuthenticationMechanism}

Example connection string:

Uri: mongodb://admin:p%40ssw0rd1@localhost:27017/?authSource=admin&authMechanism=SCRAM-SHA-256

MongoDB database

The MongoDB database resource inherits all properties from its parent server resource and adds:

Property Name	Description
DatabaseName	The MongoDB database name

Example:

Uri: mongodb://admin:p%40ssw0rd1@localhost:27017/?authSource=admin&authMechanism=SCRAM-SHA-256
DatabaseName: mongodb

Connect from your app

Pick the language your consuming app is written in. Each example assumes your AppHost adds a MongoDB server resource named mongo with a database named mongodb and references it from the consuming app.

C#

For C# apps, the recommended approach is the Aspire MongoDB client integration. It registers an IMongoClient (and optionally an IMongoDatabase) through dependency injection and adds health checks and telemetry automatically. If you’d rather read environment variables directly, see the Read environment variables section at the end of this tab.

Install the client integration

The Aspire.MongoDB.Driver NuGet package depends on the MongoDB.Driver NuGet package. With the release of version 3.0.0 of MongoDB.Driver, a binary breaking change was introduced.

• Aspire.MongoDB.Driver — depends on MongoDB.Driver 2.x. Install this for projects using the MongoDB .NET driver version 2.
• Aspire.MongoDB.Driver.v3 — depends on MongoDB.Driver 3.x. Install this for projects using the MongoDB .NET driver version 3.

Danger

In a future version of Aspire, the Aspire.MongoDB.Driver package will be updated to reference MongoDB.Driver 3.x and Aspire.MongoDB.Driver.v3 will be deprecated. For more information, see Upgrade to version 3.0.

Install the package that matches your MongoDB.Driver version:

.NET CLI

.NET CLI — Add Aspire.MongoDB.Driver package

dotnet add package Aspire.MongoDB.Driver

Program.cs (C# file-based app)

Program.cs

#:package Aspire.MongoDB.Driver@*

PackageReference (*.csproj)

XML — Add Aspire.MongoDB.Driver package reference

<PackageReference Include="Aspire.MongoDB.Driver" Version="*" />

or

.NET CLI

.NET CLI — Add Aspire.MongoDB.Driver.v3 package

dotnet add package Aspire.MongoDB.Driver.v3

Program.cs (C# file-based app)

Program.cs

#:package Aspire.MongoDB.Driver.v3@*

PackageReference (*.csproj)

XML — Add Aspire.MongoDB.Driver.v3 package reference

<PackageReference Include="Aspire.MongoDB.Driver.v3" Version="*" />

Add the MongoDB client

In Program.cs, call AddMongoDBClient on your IHostApplicationBuilder to register an IMongoClient:

C# — Program.cs

builder.AddMongoDBClient(connectionName: "mongodb");

संकेत

The connectionName parameter must match the MongoDB database resource name from the AppHost. For more information, see Add MongoDB server resource.

Resolve the client through dependency injection:

C# — ExampleService.cs

public class ExampleService(IMongoClient client)
{
    // Use client...
}

When you define a MongoDB database resource in your AppHost, you can instead require an IMongoDatabase instance:

C# — ExampleService.cs

public class ExampleService(IMongoDatabase database)
{
    // Use database...
}

Add keyed MongoDB clients

To register multiple IMongoDatabase instances with different connection names, use AddKeyedMongoDBClient:

C# — Program.cs

builder.AddKeyedMongoDBClient(name: "mainDb");
builder.AddKeyedMongoDBClient(name: "loggingDb");

खतरा

When using keyed services, it’s expected that your MongoDB resource configured two named databases, one for mainDb and one for loggingDb.

Then resolve each instance by key:

C# — ExampleService.cs

public class ExampleService(
    [FromKeyedServices("mainDb")] IMongoDatabase mainDatabase,
    [FromKeyedServices("loggingDb")] IMongoDatabase loggingDatabase)
{
    // Use databases...
}

For more information on keyed services, see .NET dependency injection: Keyed services.

Configuration

The Aspire MongoDB client integration offers multiple ways to provide configuration.

Connection strings. When using a connection string from the ConnectionStrings configuration section, pass the connection name to AddMongoDBClient:

C# — Program.cs

builder.AddMongoDBClient("mongodb");

The connection string is resolved from the ConnectionStrings section:

JSON — appsettings.json

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "mongodb": "mongodb://server:port/test"
  }
}

MongoDB Atlas connection strings are also supported:

JSON — appsettings.json

{
  "ConnectionStrings": {
    "mongodb": "mongodb+srv://username:password@server.mongodb.net/"
  }
}

For more information, see MongoDB: ConnectionString documentation.

Configuration providers. The client integration supports Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration. It loads MongoDBSettings from appsettings.json (or any other configuration source) by using the Aspire:MongoDB:Driver key:

JSON — appsettings.json

{
  "Aspire": {
    "MongoDB": {
      "Driver": {
        "ConnectionString": "mongodb://server:port/test",
        "DisableHealthChecks": false,
        "HealthCheckTimeout": 10000,
        "DisableTracing": false
      }
    }
  }
}

Named configuration is also supported, which allows you to configure multiple instances with different settings:

JSON — appsettings.json

{
  "Aspire": {
    "MongoDB": {
      "Driver": {
        "mongo1": {
          "ConnectionString": "mongodb://server1:port/test",
          "DisableHealthChecks": false,
          "HealthCheckTimeout": 10000
        },
        "mongo2": {
          "ConnectionString": "mongodb://server2:port/test",
          "DisableTracing": true,
          "HealthCheckTimeout": 5000
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Named configuration takes precedence over top-level configuration.

Inline delegates. Pass an Action<MongoDBSettings> delegate to configure settings inline:

C# — Program.cs

builder.AddMongoDBClient(
    "mongodb",
    static settings => settings.ConnectionString = "mongodb://server:port/test");

Configuration options:

Name	Description
ConnectionString	The connection string of the MongoDB database to connect to
DisableHealthChecks	Whether the database health check is disabled
HealthCheckTimeout	The MongoDB health check timeout in milliseconds (int?)
DisableTracing	Whether OpenTelemetry tracing is disabled

Client integration health checks

Aspire client integrations enable health checks by default. The MongoDB client integration adds:

• A health check that verifies that a connection can be made and commands can be run against the MongoDB database.
• Integration with the /health HTTP endpoint, where all registered health checks must pass before the app is considered ready to accept traffic.

Observability and telemetry

The Aspire MongoDB client integration automatically configures logging and tracing through OpenTelemetry. Metrics are not currently exposed.

Logging categories:

• MongoDB[.*]

Tracing activities:

• MongoDB.Driver.Core.Extensions.DiagnosticSources

Metrics: The Aspire MongoDB client integration doesn’t currently expose any OpenTelemetry metrics.

Read environment variables in C#

If you prefer not to use the Aspire client integration, you can read the Aspire-injected connection URI from the environment and pass it to the 📦 MongoDB.Driver NuGet package directly:

C# — Program.cs

using MongoDB.Driver;

var connectionUri = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MONGODB_URI");

var client = new MongoClient(connectionUri);
var database = client.GetDatabase(
    Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("MONGODB_DATABASENAME"));

// Use database to query MongoDB...

Go

Use the official MongoDB Go driver:

Terminal

go get go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/mongo

Read the injected environment variable and connect:

Go — main.go

package main

import (
    "context"
    "os"
    "go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/mongo"
    "go.mongodb.org/mongo-driver/v2/mongo/options"
)

func main() {
    // Read the Aspire-injected connection URI
    connStr := os.Getenv("MONGODB_URI")

    client, err := mongo.Connect(options.Client().ApplyURI(connStr))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer client.Disconnect(context.Background())

    db := client.Database(os.Getenv("MONGODB_DATABASENAME"))
    _ = db
}

Python

Install the official MongoDB Python driver:

Terminal

pip install pymongo

Read the injected environment variables and connect:

Python — app.py

import os
from pymongo import MongoClient

# Read the Aspire-injected connection URI
connection_uri = os.getenv("ConnectionStrings__mongodb")
database_name = os.getenv("MONGODB_DATABASENAME")

client = MongoClient(connection_uri)
db = client[database_name]

# Use db to query MongoDB...

TypeScript

Install the MongoDB Node.js driver:

Terminal

npm install mongodb

Read the injected environment variables and connect:

TypeScript — index.ts

import { MongoClient } from 'mongodb';

// Read the Aspire-injected connection URI
const connectionUri = process.env.ConnectionStrings__mongodb!;
const databaseName = process.env.MONGODB_DATABASENAME!;

const client = new MongoClient(connectionUri);
await client.connect();

const db = client.db(databaseName);

// Use db to query MongoDB...
await client.close();

Or connect using individual properties:

TypeScript — Connect with properties

const client = new MongoClient(
    `mongodb://${process.env.MONGODB_USERNAME}:${process.env.MONGODB_PASSWORD}` +
    `@${process.env.MONGODB_HOST}:${process.env.MONGODB_PORT}/` +
    `?authSource=${process.env.MONGODB_AUTHENTICATIONDATABASE}` +
    `&authMechanism=${process.env.MONGODB_AUTHENTICATIONMECHANISM}`
);
await client.connect();

संकेत

If your app expects specific environment variable names different from the Aspire defaults, you can pass individual connection properties from the AppHost. See Pass custom environment variables in the Hosting integration reference.

See also

• MongoDB
• MongoDB Atlas
• MongoDB documentation
• Aspire integrations