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Status Delivered
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Created on Nov 2, 2021

Add more validation for Mongodb in MAS InitialSetup

In MAS 8.6, some validation exists whereby configuring the Mongo DB hostnames, credentials, and certificate are validated for format only upon clicking Finish. If the validation completes successfully, it is assumed that the URL's, credentials, and certificates are valid.

However, it is common for the format to be correct, but the values to be incorrect resulting in MAS being unable to connect to configured resources. For example, if the Mongodb certificate added in InitalSetup is not the correct root certificate, InitialSetup will complete, but MAS will not be able to connect to it in order to deploy any applications. This leads to a lot of time spent on troubleshooting and taking special steps to correct the MongoDB configuration. The idea is to add validation whereby InitialSetup does not complete until it successfully connects to MongoDB.

Idea priority High