?? Set Up Free MongoDB Atlas Cluster (M0) & Connect with MongoDB Compass

There are simple steps to be followed to get the MongoDB Atlas connection string, topics to be included:

• Getting Connection String
• Installing & for Visual Representation: MongoDB Compass

Procedure:

• First, go to the Account MongoDB & make an account.
• In the top left corner, click on the folder section & add +New Project.
• For creating a project first, Name Your Project & then press Next.
• You can change the ownership. Go to Give your members access permission below & change accordingly. Then, press Create Project.

Note: 
On the top, if there is a warning that Your organization does not have a designated security contact. Go to the Organization Settings & under Atlas Security Contact information. Press the Edit Sign on the right side to add your Gmail address. Then, press Save.        

• Now, create a Cluster by pressing + Create.
• Choose the Free one with STORAGE 512MB, RAM Shared, and vCPU Shared.
• If you want to rename the cluster, you can. Then press Go to Advanced Configuration.
• Choose the Free one & check out the Cloud Provider & Region and other configurations. Then press Create Cluster.
• In the Security QuickStart under Username & Password. Re-enter the desired username and password. Then, press Create User.
• In the bottom, under Add entries to your IP Access List.
• First, Add My Current IP Address and Add Entry.
• Then go to the Network Access Page shown above the IP Address.
• In the Network Access, under IP Access List. Press +ADD IP ADDRESS.
• Press ALLOW ACCESS FROM ANYWHERE; you can see the 0.0.0.0/0 being shown in the Access List Entry:. Then, press Confirm. Now, you will notice that the Status can have three states:? Pending, Inactive & Active. Wait until it gets Active.
• Go Back to the previous page & Refresh, you will notice that the 0.0.0.0/0 has been added to the IP Access List. Press Finish and Close.
• You got it?, you have set up the access rules. If you want to confirm & re-verify, you can go to the Database Access & Network Access or Press Go to Overview.
• In the Overview, press Connect.
• You will get a lot of Access your data through tools. Choose Compass.
• If you don’t have the MongoDB Compass installed, Choose I don’t have MongoDB Compass installed.
• Check upon the operating system & then press Download Compass(version).
• Copy the connection string & then press Done.
• Congrats? on getting up the MongoDB connection string. Now, you must do the further steps in MongoDB Compass.
• Open the MongoDB Compass, press + Add new connection.
• In the New Connection, under URI. Paste your connection string here.

Note: 
mongodb+srv://chootabheem:<db_password>@cluster0.gp7hi.mongodb.net/?
It’s most likely, that your connection string will be similar as the above.?You have to put in your password in place of <db password>.? mongodb+srv://chootabheem:[email protected]/? 
Like this!        

• Then, the Name of your choice. Press Save & Connect.
• On the left side, you can check the name of your database & all is done.

Thanks for reading:)

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