First connection with Mongo Management Studio
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- Name: A self-chosen name for the connection
- Server connection: A valid MongoDB connection string (http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/connection-string/)
- Login database: Only required with activated MongoDB authentication. Determines against which database should be authenticated. Default is „admin“.
- Destination database: Only required with activated MongoDB authentication. Determines to which database should be connected . With disabled MongoDB authentication, all databases are always displayed. If the destination database is set and there is no login database specified, then the destination database is automatically used as login database.
- Default connection: Tags this connection as default. On each applications' start it is automatically connected to this connection. Can only be selected for one connection.
- Slave ok: Allows read operations on slaves of a replica set. Default is "false".
- Color: The color of the server icon, for better differentiating tabs.
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