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Perform the following steps to create a dSource with the seed ingestion type.

Prerequisites

The source and staging instances must meet the host requirements as described in Requirements for MongoDB staging/target hosts.

Creating a dSource

  1. Login to Delphix Management application.

  2. Click Manage -> Environments.

  3. Click on Add dSource.

  4. In the Add dSource wizard, select the mongo source config created on the staging host.

  5. Select the dSource type from the drop-down list in the dSource dialog window.

  6. Enter the Mongo-specific parameters for your dSource configuration.

    1. dSource Type: This is the dSource type.

    2. dSource (Sharded/Replica set) details:

      1. Staging Replica Set Name: This is the staging database replica set name. The default value is dlpx_rs0.

      2. Staging MongoDB Host: This is the staging host for creating a dSource.

      3. Mount Path: This is the mount path for dSource MongoDB instance data files.

      4. bindIP String: The default value is 0.0.0.0.

      5. Staging Port: This is the staging host port for MongoDB dSource instance.

    3. dSource tuning details:

      1. Oplog Size: This is the size of oplogs

      2. Journal Commit Interval: This is the journal commit interval, measured in ms. 

      3. Storage Engine: The default value is wiredTiger

      4. Enable SetParams: Enable the specified setParameters

      5. Set Parameter: These are the parameters that need to be added in the mongod.conf. 

      6. Enable Auditlog: Enable the specified audit log parameters. 

      7. Auditlog Parameters: These are the parameters that need to be added in the mongod.conf file.

    4. Enable Authentication: Enable member and client authentication for the database. 

    5. dSource authentication details:

      1. Mongo Admin User: This is the admin user of the staging database. This user should be created on the fly.

      2. MongoDB Password: This is the admin user password of the staging database.

      3. Cluster Auth Mode: The accepted values are: keyFile, x509, sendKeyFile, sendX509

      4. KeyAuth keyfile name: This is the absolute path of keyFile

    6. Enable SSL/TLS: Enable SSL/TLS member authentication. 

      1. SSL/TLS Parameters: Specify at least the following parameters; tlsMode, tlsCAFile, tlsCertificateKeyFile.

    7. Enable data encryption: Enable KMIP or keyFile based encryption.

    8. Data encryption details:

      1. Encryption Method: KeyFile or KMIP.

      2. Local Encryption KeyFile: This is the keyFile path for local encryption. 

      3. KMIP Parameters: Provide the KMIP parameter details. For example, kmipClientCertificateFile, kmipPort, kmipServerCAFile, kmipServerName.

    9. Client Certificate for Mongos / Mongo session on Primary Node: This is the absolute path of client certificate to connect to staging database. 

    10. Client CA Certificate for Mongos / Mongo session on Primary Node: This is the absolute path of root CA certificate that signed the client certificate.

  7. Click Submit to create a dSource.

You must specify the inputs KeyAuth keyfile name and Cluster Auth Mode when Enable Authentication is selected.

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