MongoDB

Detailed information on the MongoDB state store component

Component format

To setup MongoDB state store create a component of type state.mongodb. See this guide on how to create and apply a state store configuration.

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Component
metadata:
  name: <NAME>
spec:
  type: state.mongodb
  version: v1
  metadata:
  - name: server
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-SERVER> # Required unless "host" field is set . Example: "server.example.com"
  - name: host
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-HOST> # Required unless "server" field is set . Example: "mongo-mongodb.default.svc.cluster.local:27017"
  - name: username
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-USERNAME> # Optional. Example: "admin"
  - name: password
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-PASSWORD> # Optional.
  - name: databaseName
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-DATABASE-NAME> # Optional. default: "daprStore"
  - name: collectionName
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-COLLECTION-NAME> # Optional. default: "daprCollection"
  - name: writeConcern
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-WRITE-CONCERN> # Optional.
  - name: readConcern
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-READ-CONCERN> # Optional.
  - name: operationTimeout
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-OPERATION-TIMEOUT> # Optional. default: "5s"
  - name: params
    value: <REPLACE-WITH-ADDITIONAL-PARAMETERS> # Optional. Example: "?authSource=daprStore&ssl=true"

Actor state store and transactions support

When using as an actor state store or to leverage transactions, MongoDB must be running in a Replica Set.

If you wish to use MongoDB as an actor store, add this metadata option to your Component YAML:

  - name: actorStateStore
    value: "true"

Spec metadata fields

Field Required Details Example
server Y1 The server to connect to, when using DNS SRV record "server.example.com"
host Y1 The host to connect to "mongo-mongodb.default.svc.cluster.local:27017"
username N The username of the user to connect with (applicable in conjunction with host) "admin"
password N The password of the user (applicable in conjunction with host) "password"
databaseName N The name of the database to use. Defaults to "daprStore" "daprStore"
collectionName N The name of the collection to use. Defaults to "daprCollection" "daprCollection"
writeConcern N The write concern to use "majority"
readConcern N The read concern to use "majority", "local","available", "linearizable", "snapshot"
operationTimeout N The timeout for the operation. Defaults to "5s" "5s"
params N2 Additional parameters to use "?authSource=daprStore&ssl=true"

[1] The server and host fields are mutually exclusive. If neither or both are set, Dapr returns an error.

[2] The params field accepts a query string that specifies connection specific options as <name>=<value> pairs, separated by & and prefixed with ?. e.g. to use “daprStore” db as authentication database and enabling SSL/TLS in connection, specify params as ?authSource=daprStore&ssl=true. See the mongodb manual for the list of available options and their use cases.

Setup MongoDB


You can run a single MongoDB instance locally using Docker:

docker run --name some-mongo -d mongo

You can then interact with the server at localhost:27017. If you do not specify a databaseName value in your component definition, make sure to create a database named daprStore.

In order to use the MongoDB state store for transactions and as an actor state store, you need to run MongoDB as a Replica Set. Refer to the official documentation for how to create a 3-node Replica Set using Docker.


You can conveniently install MongoDB on Kubernetes using the Helm chart packaged by Bitnami. Refer to the documentation for the Helm chart for deploying MongoDB, both as a standalone server, and with a Replica Set (required for using transactions and actors). This installs MongoDB into the default namespace. To interact with MongoDB, find the service with: kubectl get svc mongo-mongodb. For example, if installing using the Helm defaults above, the MongoDB host address would be: mongo-mongodb.default.svc.cluster.local:27017 Follow the on-screen instructions to get the root password for MongoDB. The username is typically admin by default.

TTLs and cleanups

This state store supports Time-To-Live (TTL) for records stored with Dapr. When storing data using Dapr, you can set the ttlInSeconds metadata property to indicate when the data should be considered “expired”.