Download MongoDb JDBC Driver
What are JDBC Drivers ?
JDBC drivers are Java library files with the extension .jar used by all Java applications to connect to the database. Usually they are provided by the same company which implemented the MongoDb software. DbSchema installation kit already include an MongoDb driver.
Each JDBC driver is using a specific URL. The URL is a string (text) with a specific format, containing information about the host where the database is running, the port, username, database name, etc. The format is specific to each driver. Any wrong character in the URL may make the database connectivity fail, therefore we recommend to install DbSchema and try to get connected. Then you can find the right URL directly in the DbSchema connection dialog.
Open-Source MongoDb JDBC Driver
We open source our JDBC driver for MongoDb. DbSchema features for MongoDb are described here. The driver source code is accessible on BitBucket.
The driver binaries can be downloaded as zip file, which you should uncompress.Download the zip, unpack and include the jar files in your classpath. The driver is compatible with Java 8. For any issues with the driver you can write us.
For accessing the driver source code please visit the BitBucket repository:
The driver is written on top of the native MongoDb Java driver.
The driver URL is the same as in the MongoDb documentation.
Example :
mongodb://[username:password@]host1[:port1][,host2[:port2],...[,hostN[:portN]]][/[database][?options]]
The URL allows connecting to multiple databases. In DbSchema you can set this by choosing 'Custom URL' in the connection editor and entering the URL as string. For URL details check the MongoDb documentation.
MongoDb Atlas
Create an account by MongoDb Atlas and login. There you have an option to connect which will provide the URI. Use this in DbSchema Advanced tab. On the same connection page you have also a link to change a user password in the database.
Test the Connectivity and the JDBC URL Using DbSchema
Installing DbSchema may help to test the database connectivity and the JDBC driver URL. DbSchema can be downloaded and installed for free.
After downloading please follow this steps:
- Start DbSchema and choose 'Connect to Database'. This will pop-up the database connection dialog.
- In the connection dialog you can connect using parameters ( host, port, etc.) or directly entering the JDBC URL.
- Press first the 'Ping button' to make sure the host and port are correct and remote connections are allowed.
- After you got connected, you may get the connection URL from the 'Use URI' tab. The JDBC driver can be found in the home directory '.DbSchema/drivers' or in the DbSchema installation 'drivers' folder.
Connectivity Troubleshooting
If you get problems connecting to database, please remember :- Enable Remote connections as they not always enabled by default. This may require configuration changes.
- Make sure the host is reachable. From the connection dialog you can ping the database host ensure the configured port is reachable.
- Windows Firewall may block the communication. You may need to reconfigure or disable it.
- Check the driver version is compatible with the database software. It may be that DbSchema provided JDBC driver is not the latest version. Please inform us in this case.