# MongoDB — Atlas

Catalog and govern MongoDB Atlas assets in Atlan for discovery and governance.

## Required permissions

- [Preflight checks for MongoDB Atlas](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/preflight-checks-for-mongodb-atlas/llms.txt): Before running the MongoDB Atlas crawler, you can run preflight checks to verify the connected user has the required MongoDB privileges for metadata extraction.

## Setup options

- [Set up MongoDB Atlas](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/set-up-mongodb/llms.txt): Atlan supports the basic authentication method for fetching metadata from MongoDB. This method uses a username and password to fetch metadata

## Crawl and mine

- [Crawl MongoDB Atlas](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/crawl-mongodb/llms.txt): Configure MongoDB Atlas connection and run the crawler to extract metadata from MongoDB into Atlan.

## Reference

- [How Atlan connects to MongoDB Atlas](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/how-atlan-connects-to-mongodb-atlas/llms.txt): Understand how Atlan securely connects to your MongoDB Atlas cluster to extract metadata.
- [What does Atlan crawl from MongoDB Atlas?](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/what-does-atlan-crawl-from-mongodb/llms.txt): During a MongoDB crawl, Atlan extracts metadata for Databases, Collections, and Columns. Reference tables map each MongoDB property to its Atlan asset.
- [MongoDB assets package](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/package-reference/llms.txt): Programmatically crawl and manage MongoDB assets in Atlan using the Python SDK (pyatlan). Reference for the MongoDB assets package.
- [MongoDB assets app](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/mongodb-sdk-references-app-reference/llms.txt): Learn how to crawl MongoDB Atlas assets and publish them to Atlan for discovery.

## Troubleshooting

- [Troubleshooting MongoDB Atlas connectivity](https://docs.atlan.com/llms/connectors/mongodb/troubleshooting-mongodb-connectivity/llms.txt): Learn about troubleshooting MongoDB Atlas connectivity.