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Clarify actor state store support for MongoDB
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Fixes #3303

Signed-off-by: ItalyPaleAle <[email protected]>
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The above example uses secrets as plain strings. It is recommended to use a secret store for the secrets as described [here]({{< ref component-secrets.md >}}).
{{% /alert %}}
If you wish to use MongoDB as an actor store, append the following to the yaml.
### Actor state store and transactions support
For using as an actor state store or to leverage transactions, MongoDB must be running in a [Replica Set](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/replication/).
If you wish to use MongoDB as an actor store, add this metadata option to your Component YAML:
```yaml
- name: actorStateStore
value: "true"
```
## Spec metadata fields
| Field | Required | Details | Example |
|--------------------|:--------:|---------|---------|
| server | Y<sup>*</sup> | The server to connect to, when using DNS SRV record | `"server.example.com"`
| host | Y<sup>*</sup> | The host to connect to | `"mongo-mongodb.default.svc.cluster.local:27017"`
| server | Y<sup>1</sup> | The server to connect to, when using DNS SRV record | `"server.example.com"`
| host | Y<sup>1</sup> | 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 | N<sup>**</sup> | Additional parameters to use | `"?authSource=daprStore&ssl=true"`
| params | N<sup>2</sup> | Additional parameters to use | `"?authSource=daprStore&ssl=true"`

> <sup>[*]</sup> The `server` and `host` fields are mutually exclusive. If neither or both are set, Dapr will return an error.
> <sup>[1]</sup> The `server` and `host` fields are mutually exclusive. If neither or both are set, Dapr will return an error.

> <sup>[**]</sup> 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](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/connection-string/#std-label-connections-connection-options) for the list of available options and their use cases.
> <sup>[2]</sup> 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](https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/connection-string/#std-label-connections-connection-options) for the list of available options and their use cases.

## Setup MongoDB

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{{% codetab %}}
You can run MongoDB locally using Docker:

```
```sh
docker run --name some-mongo -d mongo
```

You can then interact with the server using `localhost:27017`.
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`.

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{{% codetab %}}
The easiest way to install MongoDB on Kubernetes is by using the [Helm chart](https://github.com/helm/charts/tree/master/stable/mongodb):

```
```sh
helm install mongo stable/mongodb
```

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For example, if installing using the example above, the MongoDB host address would be:

`mongo-mongodb.default.svc.cluster.local:27017`

```text
mongo-mongodb.default.svc.cluster.local:27017
```

Follow the on-screen instructions to get the root password for MongoDB.
The username is `admin` by default.
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This state store supports [Time-To-Live (TTL)]({{< ref state-store-ttl.md >}}) 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".

## Related links

- [Basic schema for a Dapr component]({{< ref component-schema >}})
- Read [this guide]({{< ref "howto-get-save-state.md#step-2-save-and-retrieve-a-single-state" >}}) for instructions on configuring state store components
- [State management building block]({{< ref state-management >}})

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