The connection using SSL is not available in the Community Edition of Mongo Management Studio.
The connection using SSL is available in version 1.8.0 or higher.
To create a new connection to a mongo database using SSL you open the window with all connections by clicking the "Connect" button. Here you click "New connection" and you will see the following prompt:
Name
A self-chosen name for the connection
Server connection
A valid MongoDB connection string (http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/connection-string/). Please enter the connection string as if the MongoDB server would be reachable without SSH. The input fields for SSH will follow later on.
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.
Connection over SSH
Shows the SSH configurations when activated. The SSH options are described here: Connect using SSH
Connect with SSL
If checked the connection will be using SSL. Also the other SSL options shows up.
Certificate validation
If checked, all certificates will be validated against the root certificate chain from the Certificate Authority.
Root certificate chain from the Certificate Authority
The local port which is used for the SSH tunnel. The input is optional. The default value is computed by the system. But in case the computed port is already in use, you will get an error message. Then you can enter a different, not in use port here.
Certificate
The name of the SSH user in the destination server.
Certificate key
The SSH password.
Certificate passphrase
The absolute path to the private SSH key file.
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.
Color
The color of the server icon, for better differentiating tabs.
After entering the data you can click "Save and connect". The connection using SSL will be established.