# tAmazonDocumentDBConnection Creates a connection to an AmazonDocumentDB database and reuse that connection in other components. tAmazonDocumentDBConnection opens a connection to a database in order that a transaction may be made. This component is not shipped with your Talend Studio by default. You need to install it using the Feature Manager. For more information, see [Installing features using the Feature Manager](https://help.qlik.com/talend/r/en-US/8.0/studio-user-guide/install-features-to-talend-studio). ## tAmazonDocumentDBConnection Standard properties These properties are used to configure tAmazonDocumentDBConnection running in the Standard Job framework. The Standard tAmazonDocumentDBConnection component belongs to the Cloud family. Talend Studio is compatible with Amazon DocumentDB 3.6 version. The component in this framework is available in all Talend products with Big Data and in Talend Data Fabric. Information noteNote: This component is available only when you have installed the 8.0.1-R2022-02 Talend Studio Monthly update or a later one delivered by Talend. ## Basic settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | Property Type | Select the way the connection details
will be set.

| | Address type | Select the address type from the drop-down list:

| | Host and Port | Enter the IP address and listening port of the database server.

These fields are available when the Use existing connection or Use
replica set address check box are not selected.

These
parameters are only available when you select the
Standalone from the Address
type drop-down list. | | Database | Enter the name of the Amazon DocumentDB database.

This parameter is only
available when you select the Standalone from the
Address type drop-down list. | | Need auth | Select this check box to enable the database authentication.

Among the mechanisms listed on the Auth mechanism
drop-down list, select either Negotiate,
which is recommended because it automatically select the most adapted
authentication mechanism, or SCRAM-SHA-1 SASL, or
SCRAM-SHA-256.

Select the Use auth
database check box to enter the name of the authentication
database in which the username to be used to connect to Amazon DocumentDB has
been created and enter the database user authentication data in the
Username and Password
fields.

To enter the password, click the [...] button
next to the Password field to bring out the Enter a new
password dialog box, enter the password in the text field, and click
OK. Note that you can enter the password either in a JSON string
in the pure password mode or as a Java expression in the Java
mode. You can toggle between the two modes by clicking switch to
Java mode or switch to pure password mode on the top
of the text field.

Information noteNote:

| | Use SSL connection | Select this checkbox to enable the SSL or TLS encrypted connection.

Then you need to use the tSetKeystore
component in the same Job to specify the encryption information. | ## Advanced settings | Properties | Description | | --- | --- | | tStatCatcher Statistics | Select this check box to collect the log data at the component
level. | | Connection parameter | Specify additional connection properties for the Amazon DocumentDB
connection you are creating. | ## Global Variables | Variables | Description | | --- | --- | | ERROR\_MESSAGE | The error message generated by the component when an error
occurs. This is an After variable and it returns a string. | | NB\_LINE | The number of rows processed. This is an After variable and
it returns an integer. | ## Usage | Usage guidance | Description | | --- | --- | | **Usage rule** | tAmazonDocumentDB is generally
used with other Amazon DocumentDB components. |