The Security tab allows you to specify your security settings for the data source and Schema Tool. The fields are optional unless otherwise noted. On this tab, provide values for the options in the following table; then, click Apply.

See "Using security" for a general description of authentication and encryption and their configuration requirements.

Figure 1. Security tab

The Security tab of the ODBC MongoDB Driver Setup dialog box

Connection Options: Security Description
User Name The default user ID that is used to connect to your database. Your ODBC application may override this value or you may override it in the logon dialog box or connection string.

Default: None
Encryption Method The method used to encrypt data sent between the driver or Schema Tool and the database server.

If set to 0 - No Encryption, data is not encrypted.

If set to 1 - SSL, data is encrypted using SSL. If the server is not configured for SSL, the connection fails.

Default: 0 - No Encryption
Validate Server Certificate Determines whether the driver and/or Schema Tool validates the certificate that is sent by the database server when SSL encryption is enabled.

If enabled, the driver validates the certificate that is sent by the database server. Any certificate from the server must be issued by a trusted CA in the truststore file. If the Host Name In Certificate option is specified, the driver also validates the certificate using a host name. The Host Name In Certificate option provides additional security against man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks by ensuring that the server the driver is connecting to is the server that was requested.

If disabled, the driver does not validate the certificate that is sent by the database server. The driver ignores any truststore information specified by the Trust Store and Trust Store Password options.

Default: Enabled
Trust Store The directory that contains the truststore file and the truststore file name to be used when SSL is enabled (Encryption Method=1) and server authentication is used.

Default: None
Trust Store Password Specifies the password that is used to access the truststore file when SSL is enabled (Encryption Method=1) and server authentication is used.

Default: None
Key Store The fully qualified path and file name of the keystore file to be used when SSL is enabled (Encryption Method=1) and SSL client authentication is enabled on the database server.

Default: None
Key Store Password The password used to access the keystore file when SSL is enabled (Encryption Method=1) and SSL client authentication is enabled on the database server.

Default: None
Key Password The password used to access the individual keys in the keystore file when SSL is enabled (Encryption Method=1) and SSL client authentication is enabled on the database server.

Default: None
Host Name In Certificate A host name for certificate validation when SSL encryption is enabled (Encryption Method=1) and validation is enabled (Validate Server Certificate=1).

Default: None

If you finished configuring your driver, proceed to Step 7 in "Data source configuration through a GUI." Optionally, you can further configure your driver by clicking on the following tabs. The following sections provide details on the fields specific to each configuration tab:

  • General tab allows you to configure options that are required for creating a data source.
  • SQL Engine tab allows you to configure the SQL Engine's behavior.
  • Advanced tab allows you to configure advanced behavior.