When you protect a MongoDB cluster with Cyral, you must specify the cluster's replica set name. To get this name, there are three options.
Method 1. Extract it from the MongoShell connection URI
- On the cluster main page, click on the connect button:
- Select the Connect with the MongoDB Shell option
- Select MongoDB Shell version 3.4 or earlier
The replicaSet name should be listed as part of the connection string:
replicaSet=MyCluster-shard-0
Method 2. Connect to the cluster and extract the information
Access the MongoDB cluster (not authentication required) and issue the following commands:
use admin
db.isMaster()
The db.isMaster() command should return the details about the cluster topology, which includes the replica set name:
{
"topologyVersion" : {
"counter" : NumberLong(7),
"processId" : ObjectId("60f998149a67f8675309a2b4")
},
"hosts" : [
"sample-yfxv9i-lb-1cdba32109a62ca6.elb.us-east-2.amazonaws.com:27020",
"sample-yfxv9i-lb-1cdba32109a62ca6.elb.us-east-2.amazonaws.com:27019",
"sample-yfxv9i-lb-1cdba32109a62ca6.elb.us-east-2.amazonaws.com:27021"
],
"setName" : "MyCluster-shard-0",
"ismaster" : true,
"me" : "sample-yfxv9i-lb-1cdba32109a62ca6.elb.us-east-2.amazonaws.com:27019",
"setVersion" : NumberLong(6),
"primary" : "sample-yfxv9i-lb-1cdba32109a62ca6.elb.us-east-2.amazonaws.com:27019",
}The name is associated with the key setName:
"setName" : "MyCluster-shard-0",
Method 3. Get the Set Name by resolving the SRV cluster endpoint
If you have access to the cluster SRV (mongodb+srv) endpoint, you can resolve it to get the Replica Set name. For example, for the cluster endpoint: mongodb+srv://MyCluster.kloo5.mongodb.net, we can resolve it using the CLI tool nslookup:
$ ▶ nslookup -type=TXT mycluster.kloo5.mongodb.net Server: 127.0.0.53 Address: 127.0.0.53#53 Non-authoritative answer: mycluster.kloo5.mongodb.net text = "authSource=admin&replicaSet=MyCluster-shard-0"
The above output contains the Replica Set name as part of the text response:
replicaSet=MyCluster-shard-0
