Guide – How To Start – MongoDB on Rocky 8 on Amazon

MongoDB on Rocky 8 delivers a community-supported, RHEL-compatible database solution that blends open-source freedom with enterprise-ready functionality.

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Simple and rapid installation. Easy to maintain.

Connecting to MongoDB on Rocky 8 using Studio 3T through the SSH tunnel

After purchasing and starting the VM, you should open port 27017 (TCP) in the network properties in the Amazon firewall. To connect to the server, you should know its IP address. You can find it in Amazon’s personal account.

1. To connect to the Server, you should generate a “Private Key” in advance. This can be done using the following instructions (by choosing the “file format:” option “.ppk” in point 3) Guide – How To – Create and use Key Pair to connect to a VM

2. Go to the download page of Studio 3T
3. Choose which OS you want to download the application for

4. If the portable version was downloaded, unpack the archive “studio-3t-x64.zip” (if Windows was selected) and run the file studio-3t-x64.exe
   
5. When you start the app, the window with the creation of the connection opens. If this did not happen, click “File” > “Connect…” in the upper right corner. 

6. In the “Connection Manager” window, click on “New Connection”

7. Select “Manually configure my connection settings” and click “Next”

8. In the “Server” tab in the “Connection name” field (1) name the connection in any convenient way. The other fields (“Server” (2) and “Port” (3)) leave with no changes.

9. In the “SSH” tab:

• select “Use SSH tunnel to connect” (1), 
• in the “SSH Address” field (2) enter the address of the virtual machine, 
• enter Port 22 (3), 
• in the “SSH User Name” field (4) type the rocky to connect to the VM,
• in the “SSH Auth Mode” field, select the “Private Key” (5), 
• in the “Private Key” field (6) specify the path to your key in .ppk format. 
• click “Test connection” (7) to check if all settings are correct.

10. The following window should appear:

11. Close this window and click “Save” to save the connection.

12. In the “Connection Manager” window, select the connection you just created and click the “Connect” button.

13. Now you can work with your Database.