Connect to mongo database, given ssh key

Question

I am trying to use pymongo to connect to a mongo database.

I have been given: DB_name DB_username DB_password DB_port SSH_address SSH_username mongo RSA private key (.pem file)

I have tried running

from pymongo import MongoClient

client = MongoClient(host=SSH_address,
                     port=DB_port,
                     username=DB_username,
                     password=DB_password)

client.list_database_names()

but get a timed out error.

How can I pass the remaining information (such as the RSA private key) to MongoClient, so that I can successfully connect?

You need to use a ssh tunnel service of some sort. heres an [example](https://stackoverflow.com/a/42763361/10770370). — Tom Slabbaert, May 15 '19 at 11:23
Thank you. In the end, what made it work creating a folder `~/.ssh` and adding in the `.pem` file — EuRBamarth, Jun 05 '19 at 13:56

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 24 '19 at 14:01

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Using SSH tunnel client to connect the MongoDB client works for me:

server = SSHTunnelForwarder(
    (MONGO_HOST, MONGO_PORT),
    ssh_username=MONGO_USER,
    ssh_password=MONGO_PASS,
    remote_bind_address=('127.0.0.1', 27017)
)

edited Dec 24 '19 at 14:01

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