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Ops Manager Configuration Settings

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  • Bypass Initial Configuration via the User Interface
  • All Clusters View
  • Application Database Connection
  • Automation Default Paths
  • Backup
  • Diagnostic Archive
  • Email
  • HTTP Proxy
  • MongoDB Version Management
  • MongoDB Usage
  • Monitoring
  • Ops Manager Administration API
  • Push Live Migrations
  • Security
  • SNMP
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • User Authentication
  • Web Server
  • Webhook

Ops Manager stores configuration settings both globally in the Ops Manager Application Database and locally on each server. Global settings apply to all your Ops Manager servers. Local settings apply to the server on which they are configured. Any local settings on a server override the global settings.

You configure local settings through a server's conf-mms.properties file. Each server's conf-mms.properties must contain the connection string and authentication settings for accessing the Ops Manager Application Database. The conf-mms.properties file also contains any overrides of global settings specific to that server.

The location of the conf-mms.properties file depends on how you installed Ops Manager, as described in the table below.

Install method
conf-mms.properties location
rpm or deb package
/opt/mongodb/mms/conf/
tar.gz archive
<install-directory>/conf/

Bypass Initial Configuration via the User Interface

If you would like to skip the initial setup wizard after creating the first account and either edit the conf-mms.properties file or use the API to configure Ops Manager, change the following settings. This setting can help if you are automating the deployment of Ops Manager instances.

mms.ignoreInitialUiSetup

Type: boolean

Set this to true to allow full use of Ops Manager without requiring the first user account to complete the initial setup wizard.

Warning

Ops Manager performs its regular pre-flight check to verify that it has all of the required settings. If one or more of those settings are not included in conf-mms.properties, Ops Manager refuses to start and lists which fields are missing in the log file.

Before starting Ops Manager, add the following required settings to conf-mms.properties to enable basic Ops Manager functionality:

UI Setting
conf-mms.properties Setting
Necessity
URL to Access Ops Manager
mms.centralUrl
Required
None
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Required
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional
Optional

Note

Fields marked as Optional have default values. If you want to change them, you can provide the setting and a new value.

Example

The following values are examples. Substitute values appropriate to your Ops Manager installation. You may add any of the other settings specified in this reference.

To configure an Ops Manager installation with the minimum functionality, add the following settings to conf-mms.properties:

mms.ignoreInitialUiSetup=true
mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://db1.example.com:27017,db2.example.com:27017,db3.example.com:27017
mms.centralUrl=http://localhost:8080
mms.fromEmailAddr=example@example.com
mms.replyToEmailAddr=example@example.com
mms.adminEmailAddr=example@example.com
mms.mail.transport=smtp
mms.mail.hostname=mail.example.com
mms.mail.port=465

All Clusters View

mms.allclusters.onlyMembership

Type: boolean

Default: False

Determines whether the View All Clusters displays only the deployments to which an Ops Manager administrator belongs (set the value to true) or the deployments to which the administrator has access (set the value to false).

Application Database Connection

The following settings configure the Ops Manager connection to the Ops Manager Application Database. You must configure this setting in the conf-mms.properties file on each Ops Manager server. To encrypt authentication information, see Encrypt User Credentials.

mongo.mongoUri

Type: string

connection string used to access the Ops Manager Application Database. If applicable, the connection string must include the authentication credentials for the authentication mechanism used on the Ops Manager Application database.

How you format your connection string depends on:

  • the type of cluster you deployed for your backing databases,

  • the protocol you use, and

  • the authentication method you use.

If you use a replica set for the database's backing instance, your connection string may include either the hostnames of all replica set members or the hostname for the DNS seedlist.

If you choose a standard connection string, include all members of the replica set in the URI. If you omit the port number, Ops Manager uses the default 27017 port for all hosts.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://mongod1.example.com:40000,mongod2.example.com:40000,mongod3.example.com:40000

Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname. Write the username and password in this format: <username>:<password>@

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://mongodbuser1:password@mongod1.example.com:40000,mongod2.example.com:40000,mongod3.example.com:40000

Note

Necessary MongoDB Roles

The MongoDB user that authenticates to the backing databases must have the following roles:

You should find the client certificate in the PEM file you specified in the mongodb.ssl.PEMKeyFile setting.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://<new_mongodb_user>@mongod1.example.com:40000,mongod2.example.com:40000,mongod3.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=MONGODB-X509

  • Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname in this format: <username>:<password>@.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://mongodbuser1:password@mongod1.example.com:40000,mongod2.example.com:40000,mongod3.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

  • Prepend the hostname with the Kerberos user principal.

    Write Kerberos UPNs as <username>@<KERBEROS REALM>. Escape the UPN using the URL encoded representation. A Kerberos user principal of username@REALM.EXAMPLE.COM would therefore become username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=GSSAPI.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM@mongod1.example.com:40000,mongod2.example.com:40000,mongod3.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=GSSAPI

Note

Modify Kerberos Settings

To enable Kerberos, modify the following settings:

Note

Ops Manager doesn't require the replicaSet option in the URI.

New in version Ops: Manager 4.4.0

If you choose a DNS seedlist connection string, include the DNS SRV record that describes your database's backing instance replica set. The connection string uses the mongodb+srv: protocol, not the mongodb: protocol.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv://db.example.com:40000

Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname. Write the username and password in this format: <username>:<password>@

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:mongodbuser1:password@mongod.example.com:40000

Note

Necessary MongoDB Roles

The MongoDB user that authenticates to the backing databases must have the following roles:

You should find the client certificate in the PEM file you specified in the mongodb.ssl.PEMKeyFile setting.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:<new_mongodb_user>@mongod.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=MONGODB-X509

  • Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname in this format: <username>:<password>@.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:mongodbuser1:password@mongod.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

  • Prepend the hostname with the Kerberos user principal.

    Write Kerberos UPNs as <username>@<KERBEROS REALM>. Escape the UPN using the URL encoded representation. A Kerberos user principal of username@REALM.EXAMPLE.COM would therefore become username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=GSSAPI.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM@mongod.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=GSSAPI

Note

Modify Kerberos Settings

To enable Kerberos, modify the following settings:

This option requires a DNS SRV record for the application database. The DNS entry uses the DNS seedlist string format. Make sure Ops Manager can connect to this application database.

Tip

See also:

DNS Seedlist Connection Format

If you use a sharded cluster for the database's backing instance, your connection string may include either the hostnames of all mongos routers or the hostname for the DNS seedlist.

If you choose a standard connection string, include all shards in the URI. If you omit the port number, Ops Manager uses the default 27017 port for all hosts.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://mongos1.example.com:40000,mongos2.example.com:40000

Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname. Write the username and password in this format: <username>:<password>@

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://mongodbuser1:password@mongos1.example.com:40000,mongos2.example.com:40000

Note

Necessary MongoDB Roles

The MongoDB user that authenticates to the backing databases must have the following roles:

You should find the client certificate in the PEM file you specified in the mongodb.ssl.PEMKeyFile setting.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://<new_mongodb_user>@mongos1.example.com:40000,mongos2.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=MONGODB-X509

  • Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname in this format: <username>:<password>@.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://mongodbuser1:password@mongos1.example.com:40000,mongos2.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

  • Prepend the hostname with the Kerberos user principal.

    Write Kerberos UPNs as <username>@<KERBEROS REALM>. Escape the UPN using the URL encoded representation. A Kerberos user principal of username@REALM.EXAMPLE.COM would therefore become username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=GSSAPI.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb://username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM@mongos1.example.com:40000,mongos2.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=GSSAPI

Note

Modify Kerberos Settings

To enable Kerberos, modify the following settings:

Note

Ops Manager doesn't require the replicaSet option in the URI.

New in version Ops: Manager 4.4.0

If you choose a DNS seedlist connection string, include the DNS SRV record that describes your database's backing instance sharded cluster. The connection string uses the mongodb+srv: protocol, not the mongodb: protocol.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv://db.example.com:40000

Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname. Write the username and password in this format: <username>:<password>@

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:mongodbuser1:password@mongos.example.com:40000

Note

Necessary MongoDB Roles

The MongoDB user that authenticates to the backing databases must have the following roles:

You should find the client certificate in the PEM file you specified in the mongodb.ssl.PEMKeyFile setting.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:<new_mongodb_user>@mongos.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=MONGODB-X509

  • Prepend the MongoDB username and password to the hostname in this format: <username>:<password>@.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:mongodbuser1:password@mongos.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=PLAIN&authSource=$external

  • Prepend the hostname with the Kerberos user principal.

    Write Kerberos UPNs as <username>@<KERBEROS REALM>. Escape the UPN using the URL encoded representation. A Kerberos user principal of username@REALM.EXAMPLE.COM would therefore become username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM.

  • Append the authentication mechanism to the port in this format: authMechanism=GSSAPI.

mongo.mongoUri=mongodb+srv:username%40REALM.EXAMPLE.COM@mongos.example.com:40000/?authMechanism=GSSAPI

Note

Modify Kerberos Settings

To enable Kerberos, modify the following settings:

This option requires a DNS SRV record for the application database. The DNS entry uses the DNS seedlist string format. Make sure Ops Manager can connect to this application database.

Tip

See also:

DNS Seedlist Connection Format

mongo.encryptedCredentials

Type: boolean

To use encrypted credentials in mongo.mongoUri, encrypt the credentials using the Ops Manager credentialstool, enter them in the mongo.mongoUri setting, and set this to true:

mongo.encryptedCredentials=true

Kerberos Authentication to Ops Manager Application Database

mms.kerberos.debug

Type: boolean

Debug flag to output more information on Kerberos authentication process.

mms.kerberos.debug=false
mms.kerberos.keyTab

Type: string

Required if using Kerberos. The absolute path to the keytab file for the principal.

mms.kerberos.keyTab=/path/to/mms.keytab
mms.kerberos.principal

Type: string

Required if using Kerberos. Principal used to authenticate with MongoDB. This should be the exact same user on the mongo.mongoUri.

mms.kerberos.principal=mms/mmsweb.example.com@EXAMPLE.COM
jvm.java.security.krb5.conf

Type: string

Optional. Path to an alternate Kerberos configuration file. The value is set to JVM's java.security.krb5.conf.

jvm.java.security.krb5.conf=/etc/conf/krb5.conf
jvm.java.security.krb5.kdc

Type: string

Required if using Kerberos. IP/FQDN of the KDC server. The value will be set to JVM's java.security.krb5.kdc.

jvm.java.security.krb5.kdc=kdc.example.com
jvm.java.security.krb5.realm

Type: string

Required if using Kerberos. This is the default realm for Kerberos. It is being used for JVM's java.security.krb5.realm.

jvm.java.security.krb5.realm=EXAMPLE.COM

TLS/SSL Connection to the Application Database

mongo.ssl

Type: boolean

Enables TLS connection to the Ops Manager Application Database when set to true.

mongodb.ssl.CAFile

Type: string

Name of the PEM file that contains the root certificate chain from the Certificate Authority that signed the MongoDB server certificate.

mongodb.ssl.PEMKeyFile

Type: string

Name of the PEM file that contains the X509 certificate and private key. Required if the MongoDB instance is running with the --tlsCAFile option or net.tls.CAFile setting.

If you authenticate using the MONGODB-X509 authentication mechanism, you also enter this as the name of the user in the mongoUri connection string.

mongodb.ssl.PEMKeyFilePassword

Type: string

Required if the PEM file contains an encrypted private key. Specify the password for PEM file. You can encrypt the password using the Ops Manager encryptiontool.

Automation Default Paths

automation.default.backupAgentLogFile

Type: string

Default: /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation/backup-agent.log

Default path for the Backup logs on Linux/macOS.

automation.default.certificateAuthorityFile

Type: string

Default path for the Certificate Authority file on Linux/macOS.

automation.default.dataRoot

Type: string

Default: /data

Default data path for the MongoDB databases that Automation manages.

automation.default.downloadBase

Type: string

Default: /var/lib/mongodb-mms-automation

Default path for the Monitoring, Backup, and MongoDB binaries for the deployments managed by Automation on Linux/macOS.

automation.default.monitoringAgentLogFile

Type: string

Default: /var/log/mongodb-mms-automation/monitoring-agent.log

Default path for the Monitoring logs on Linux/macOS.

mms.agentCentralUrl

Type: string

FQDN of the Ops Manager Application to which the legacy Monitoring Agents or MongoDB Agents use to push monitoring data.

Uses the value of mms.centralUrl if not set.

Important

If you plan on accessing your Ops Manager Application using its IPv6 address, you must enclose the IPv6 address in square brackets ([ ]) to separate it from its port number.

For example:

http://[2600:1f16:777:8700:93c2:b99c:a875:2b10]:8080

Backup

mms.alerts.BackupAgentConfCallFailure.maximumFailedConfCalls

Type: integer

Default: 10

If the Backup experiences more than this number of consecutive failed conf calls, Ops Manager triggers the following global alert: Backup has too many conf call failures.

mms.alerts.OutsideSpaceUsedThreshold.maximumSpaceUsedPercent

Type: integer

Default: 85

If the blockstore uses at least this percentage of its total disk capacity, Ops Manager triggers the following system alert: Blockstore space used exceeds threshold.

mms.backupCentralUrl

Type: string

FQDN of the Ops Manager Application to which the legacy Backup Agents or MongoDB Agents use to send backup data.

Uses the value of mms.centralUrl if not set.

Important

If you plan on accessing your Ops Manager Application using its IPv6 address, you must enclose the IPv6 address in square brackets ([ ]) to separate it from its port number.

For example:

http://[2600:1f16:777:8700:93c2:b99c:a875:2b10]:8080
mms.backup.journal.heads

Type: boolean

Default: False

This sets whether the HEAD database should use journaling. See Manage Backup Jobs to enable or disable journaling for the head database of a single backup job.

FCV 4.2 and later use backup cursors instead of head databases for backups.

mms.backup.minimumOplogWindowHours

Type: float

Default: 3

This sets the minimum number of hours of database operations that the oplog should record.

Your deployment's oplog needs to be large enough to hold recovery data since the last snapshot. Increase this value to have Ops Manager monitor the oplog capacity. You should set this value to meet or exceed the value in brs.snapshotSchedule.interval.

If you set the value to less than brs.snapshotSchedule.interval, you may have a gap between the last snapshot and the end of the oplog. This makes the backup unusuable for restores. Stale backup jobs must be resynchronized before it can be used for restores.

Backup Snapshots

backup.fileSystemSnapshotStore.gzip.compressionLevel

Type: integer

Default: 6

Determines how much Ops Manager compresses file system-based snapshots. The level ranges from 0 to 9:

  • 0 provides no compression.

  • 1 to 9 increases the degree of compression at a cost of how fast the snapshot is compressed. Level 1 compresses snapshots the least but at the fastest speed. Level 9 compresses snapshots the most but at the slowest speed.

Note

Changing File System Store Gzip Compression Level affects new snapshots only. It does not affect the compression level of existing snapshots.

Corresponds to File System Store Gzip Compression Level.

brs.restore.digest.method

Type: string

Default: SHA1

Specifies whether or not to generate a SHA1 checksum for restore archive files.

Accepted values are SHA1 or NONE.

Corresponds to Restore Digest Method.

brs.snapshotSchedule.interval

Type: integer

Default: 24

Specifies the time, in hours, between two consecutive snapshots.

Accepted values are:

6, 8, 12, or 24

Corresponds to Snapshot Interval (Hours)

brs.snapshotSchedule.retention.base

Type: integer

Default: 2

Specifies how many days an interval snapshot is stored. The accepted values vary depending upon the value of brs.snapshotSchedule.interval:

Accepted Values
< 24
2, 3, 4, or 5.
= 24
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

Corresponds to .Base Retention of Snapshots

brs.snapshotSchedule.retention.daily

Type: integer

Default: 0

Specifies how many days a daily snapshot is stored.

Accepted values are:

0, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 30, 60, 90, 120, 180 or 360

Corresponds to .Daily Retention of Snapshots

brs.snapshotSchedule.retention.monthly

Type: integer

Default: 1

Specifies how many months a monthly snapshot is stored.

Accepted values are:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 24, 36, 48, 60, 72, and 84

Corresponds to Monthly Retention of Snapshots (in Months)

brs.snapshotSchedule.retention.weekly

Type: integer

Default: 2

Specifies how many weeks a weekly snapshot is stored.

Accepted values are:

0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, and 52

Corresponds to .Weekly Retention of Snapshots

brs.pitWindowInHours

Type: integer

Default: 24

Duration time in hours when you can restore from a specific point-in-time (PIT).

Corresponds to .PIT Window

backup.kmip.server.host

Type: string

Default: None

Specifies the hostname of a KMIP server.

Starting in MongoDB 4.2.1 (and 4.0.14), you can specify more than one KMIP server in a comma-seperated list.

Important

In MongoDB versions earlier than 4.0.14 or 4.2.1, Ops Manager uses only the first KMIP hostname in a list of KMIP server hostnames.

Corresponds to KMIP Server Host.

backup.kmip.server.port

Type: integer

Default: None

Specifies the port of the KMIP server.

Corresponds to KMIP Server Port.

backup.kmip.server.ca.file

Type: string

Default: None

Specifies a .PEM-format file that contains one or more certificate authorities.

Corresponds to KMIP Server CA File.

mms.backup.snapshot.maxSumFileForWorkersMB

Type: integer

Default: 2048

This sets the maximum cumulative size of files, in Megabytes, that are saved concurrently when taking a snapshot.

mms.backup.snapshot.maxWorkers

Type: integer

Default: 4

This sets the number of files that are saved concurrently when taking a snapshot. Increasing the value of this setting can improve backup job performance when there are a large number of small files in a high latency environment.

Queryable Snapshot Configuration

brs.queryable.connecttimeout

Type: integer

Default: 30

Number of seconds to wait for a connection to the Queryable Snapshot mongod instance before timing out.

Corresponds to Mongo .Connection Timeout

brs.queryable.expiration

Type: integer

Default: 24

Duration time in hours for a Queryable Snapshop once initiated.

Corresponds to Expiration (Hours).

brs.queryable.lruCacheCapacityMB

Type: integer

Default: 512

Size (in megabytes) that you allocate from the JVM heap for the global snapshot cache. The global snapshot cache optimizes repeated queries for the same snapshot data to the Queryable Snapshots.

Important

MongoDB does not advise changing this value unless MongoDB support directs you to change it.

Corresponds to Read Cache Size (MB).

brs.queryable.mounttimeout

Type: integer

Default: 60

Number of seconds to wait for the Queryable Snapshot to prepare before timing out.

Corresponds to .Queryable Startup Timeout

brs.queryable.pem.pwd

Type: string

Required if Proxy Server PEM File is encrypted.

Note

After updating Proxy Server PEM File Password, restart the Web Server for the change to take effect.

Corresponds to Proxy Server PEM File Password.

brs.queryable.pem

Type: string

Required if using Queryable Snapshot. PEM file that contains the full certificate chain for one or more trusted certificates and the associated private keys.

Proxy Server PEM File has the following restrictions:

  • This PEM file must be different than the one used for HTTPS connections to Ops Manager (mms.https.PEMKeyFile).

  • This PEM file should use a key length greater than 512-bit. Using a 2048-bit RSA key is recommended.

  • This PEM file should use a message digest stronger than sha1, such as sha256.

Note

After updating Proxy Server PEM File, restart the Web Server for the change to take effect.

Corresponds to Proxy Server PEM File.

brs.queryable.proxyPort

Type: integer

Default: 25999

Port for the queryable backup host.

Note

After updating Proxy Server Port, restart the Web Server for the change to take effect.

Corresponds to Proxy Server Port.

brs.queryable.tls.disabledProtocols

Type: string

Default: SSLv2Hello,SSLv3,TLSv1,TLSv1.1,TLSv1.3

TLS protocol versions that have been disabled for queryable snapshots and restores.

brs.queryable.tls.disabledCiphers

Type: string

Default: TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256,TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

List of TLS ciphers suites that your Ops Manager instance can't accept when clients connect to the queryable backup host. Specify TLS cipher suite names as a comma-separated list with no whitespace between entries.

Diagnostic Archive

mms.admin.diagnostics.archiveDocCountLimit

Type: integer

Default: 10000

Maximum number of entries that Ops Manager should retrieve from the activity feed.

mms.admin.diagnostics.archiveDocSizeLimit

Type: integer

Default: 7

Maximum number of days of data that Ops Manager should retrieve from the activity feed.

mms.admin.diagnostics.archiveDocAgeLimit

Type: integer

Default: 7

Maximum number of days of data that Ops Manager should retrieve from the activity feed.

mms.automation.diagnostics.lastAgentStatusDocAgeLimit

Type: integer

Default: 7

Add the last specified days of the automationLastAgentStatus in diagnostic archive.

mms.automation.diagnostics.includeEmptyProcessConfigs

Type: boolean

Default: False

Flag that indicates whether to add automationConfigs for groups with non-empty processes array in diagnostic archive.

Email

mms.fromEmailAddr

Type: string

Email address used for sending the general emails, such as Ops Manager alerts. You can include an alias with the email address.

mms.fromEmailAddr=mms-alerts@example.com

Corresponds to From Email Address.

mms.replyToEmailAddr

Type: string

Email address from which to send replies to general emails.

Corresponds to Reply To Email Address.

mms.adminEmailAddr

Type: string

Email address of the Ops Manager admin. This address receives emails related to problems with Ops Manager.

Corresponds to Admin Email Address.

mms.emailDaoClass

Type: string

Default: SIMPLE_MAILER

Email interface to use.

This setting is labeled in different ways for the user interface and the configuration file.

Delivery Method
Configuration Setting (mms.emailDaoClass)
AWS SES
AWS_MAILER

SMTP

SIMPLE_MAILER

If you set this to SMTP Email Server, you must set:

If you set this to AWS Simple Email Service, you must set:

Corresponds to Email Delivery Method Configuration.

SMTP Email Server

Conditional. The following settings appear if you set mms.emailDaoClass to SIMPLE_MAILER.

mms.mail.transport

Type: string

Default: smtp

Transfer protocol your email provider specifies:

  • smtp (standard SMTP)

Corresponds to Transport.

mms.mail.hostname

Type: string

Default: localhost

Email hostname your email provider specifies.

mms.mail.hostname=mail.example.com

Corresponds to SMTP Server Hostname.

mms.mail.port

Type: number

Default: 25

Port number for SMTP your email provider specifies.

Corresponds to SMTP Server Port.

mms.mail.username

Type: string

User name of the email account. If unset, defaults to disabled SMTP authentication.

Corresponds to Username.

mms.mail.password

Type: string

Password for the email account. If left blank, this setting disables SMTP authentication.

Corresponds to Password.

mms.mail.tls

Type: boolean

Default: False

Set this to true if the transfer protocol uses TLS/SSL.

Corresponds to Use SSL.

AWS Simple Email Service

Conditional. The following settings appear if you set mms.emailDaoClass to AWS_MAILER.

aws.ses.endpoint

Type: string

Default: https://email.us-east-1.amazonaws.com

Sets the sending API endpoint for the AWS SES.

Corresponds to AWS Endpoint.

aws.accesskey

Type: string

Access key ID for AWS.

Corresponds to AWS Access Key.

aws.secretkey

Type: string

Secret access key for AWS.

Corresponds to AWS Secret Key.

HTTP Proxy

http.proxy.host

Type: string

Specify the hostname of the HTTP or HTTPS proxy to which you wish to connect.

http.proxy.host=proxy.example.com

Corresponds to Proxy Host.

http.proxy.port

Type: integer

Specify the port on which you wish to connect to the host. You must specify both the Proxy Port and Proxy Host to use a proxy.

Corresponds to Proxy Port.

http.proxy.username

Type: string

If the proxy requires authentication, use this setting to specify the username with which to connect to the proxy.

Corresponds to Proxy Username.

http.proxy.password

Type: string

If the proxy requires authentication, use this setting to specify the password with which to connect to the proxy.

Corresponds to Proxy Password.

http.proxy.nonProxyHosts

Type: string

Specify a pipe-separated (|) list of internal hosts to bypass the outgoing proxy that you configured.

*.foo.com|localhost

Corresponds to Non Proxy Hosts.

Kubernetes Setup

kubernetes.templates.credentialsFilePath

Type: string

Path to the YAML file that contains your Programmatic API Key as a Kubernetes secret to create or update Kubernetes objects in your Ops Manager project.

This file must be in YAML format and must be stored under /mongodb-ops-manager/ directory.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: organization-secret
  namespace: mongodb
stringData:
  user: ${publicKey}
  publicApiKey: ${privateKey}

Corresponds to Kubernetes Secret Setup.

kubernetes.templates.projectFilePath

Type: string

Path to the YAML file that contains the ConfigMap to use to link to your Ops Manager project.

This file must be in YAML format and must be stored under /mongodb-ops-manager/ directory.

Corresponds to Kubernetes ConfigMap Setup.

MongoDB Version Management

automation.versions.source

Type: string

Default: remote

Indicates the source of MongoDB installer binaries.

Accepted values for automation.versions.source and the conditions that must exist to set the value are:

Value
Condition
remote
Ops Manager and Agents have internet access.
hybrid
Ops Manager has internet access, but Agents do not. Ops Manager downloads MongoDB binaries from the internet; Agents download the binaries from Ops Manager.
local
Neither Ops Manager nor the Agents have internet access. An Ops Manager administrator must upload the version manifest and the MongoDB binaries to the Ops Manager host, as described in Configure Deployment to Have Limited Internet Access.

Corresponds to Installer Download Source.

automation.versions.download.baseUrl

Type: string

Default: mongodb.com, fastdl.mongodb.org

HTTP(S) endpoint to fetch MongoDB binaries from. If the endpoint is an HTTPS endpoint, the Certificate Authority file specified by httpsCAFile will be used to validate the certificate. If automation.versions.download.baseUrl is unset, the remote URLs for mongodb binaries are mongodb.com and fastdl.mongodb.org.

Corresponds to Base URL.

automation.versions.download.baseUrl.allowOnlyAvailableBuilds

Type: boolean

Default: True

When set to true, Ops Manager limits the MongoDB versions you can specify to those available for your deployment.

This setting is applied only when automation.versions.download.baseUrl is set with a custom value.

automation.versions.directory

Type: string

Default: /opt/mongodb/mms/mongodb-releases/

Specify the directory on the Ops Manager Application server where Ops Manager stores the MongoDB binaries. The Automation accesses the binaries when installing or changing versions of MongoDB on your deployments. If you set Version Manifest Source to run in Local mode, the Backup Daemons also access the MongoDB binaries from this directory. See Configure Deployment to Have Limited Internet Access for more information.

Corresponds to Versions Directory.

mongodb.release.autoDownload

Type: boolean

Default: True

Flag indicating whether the Backup Daemons automatically install the versions of MongoDB that the Backup Daemons need.

true
The daemons retrieve the binaries from MongoDB Inc. over the internet.
false
Backup Daemons do not have internet access and require that an Ops Manager administrator manually download and extract every archived version of a MongoDB release that the backup daemons need. The administrator must place the extracted binaries into the Versions Directory on the Ops Manager hosts.

Warning

Set to false when Ops Manager is running in Local Mode.

Corresponds to Backup Versions Auto Download.

mongodb.release.autoDownload.enterprise

Type: boolean

Flag indicating whether the Backup Daemons automatically install the Enterprise editions of the versions of MongoDB that the Backup Daemons need. Requires mongodb.release.autoDownload be set to true.

Warning

If you plan on running MongoDB Enterprise on Linux hosts, then you must manually install a set of dependencies to each host before installing MongoDB. The MongoDB manual provides the appropriate command to install the dependencies.

See Configure Deployment to Have Limited Internet Access.

Corresponds to Backup Versions Auto Download Enterprise Builds

mongodb.release.modulePreference

Type: string

Specifies whether to use MongoDB Community or Enterprise binaries for backup.

Accepted values are:

  • enterprisePreferred

  • enterpriseRequired

  • communityRequired

When enterpriseRequired or communityRequired is selected, Ops Manager only uses those binaries for backup. When enterprisePreferred is selected, Ops Manager uses Enterprise binaries if available and Community binaries if they are not.

Note

When enterpriseRequired is selected, you must either set mongodb.release.autoDownload.enterprise to true or manually place Enterprise binaries in the automation.versions.directory in Local Mode.

Warning

Backup fails when either enterpriseRequired or communityRequired is selected, but the automation.versions.directory does not contain the required binary.

Corresponds to Required Module For Backup.

MongoDB Usage

mms.mongoDbUsage.defaultUsageType

Type: string

Default: Production Server

Default MongoDB Enterprise server type for all Enterprise processes that this Ops Manager instance manages.

The following table shows the accepted Server Type values and the corresponding number of licenses required for each:

Server Intention
Environment Purpose
License Requirement
Production Server

Hosts your application to your internal or external end users.

If an end user might use an environment, it functions as a Production environment. This applies whether the environment also provides testing, quality assurance, evaluation, or development capabilities.

One license per server
Test/QA Server

This type of environment can be used to:

Test
Exercises your application to verify that it works as designed and expected. The platform configuration might be a less performant version of Production in compute, network, and storage capability.
Assure system quality
Validates your application against a combination of data, hardware, and software configured to simulate Production. The platform configuration should be a smaller scale of Production in compute, network, and storage capability.
Stage
Simulates the Production environment including performance testing and release candidate approval. The platform configuration should mirror Production in compute, network, and storage capability.
One license per server
Development Server
Hosts in progress design, code, debugging or some combination thereof for your application. Used to evaluate if the current state of your application can be promoted to another environment.
None
RAM Pool
Provides any combination of servers for any environment purpose.
One license for any number of servers up to the maximum of the total GB of RAM you purchased across these servers.
Backing Database
Hosts your Ops Manager backing database. Enable Application Database Monitoring to enable this option.
None

Corresponds to Default Ops Manager MongoDB Server Type.

mms.mongoDbUsage.ui.enabled

Type: boolean

Enables the MongoDB Usage UI in the Ops Manager Admin if set to true.

Corresponds to MongoDB Usage UI.

mms.mongoDbUsage.collectData

Type: boolean

Default: False

Enables the daily collection of MongoDB Usage Data if set to true.

Corresponds to MongoDB Usage Data Collection.

Monitoring

mms.agentCentralUrl

Type: string

FQDN of the Ops Manager Application to which the legacy Monitoring Agents or MongoDB Agents use to push monitoring data.

Uses the value of mms.centralUrl if not set.

Important

If you plan on accessing your Ops Manager Application using its IPv6 address, you must enclose the IPv6 address in square brackets ([ ]) to separate it from its port number.

For example:

http://[2600:1f16:777:8700:93c2:b99c:a875:2b10]:8080

Monitoring Failover

You can activate the Monitoring function on multiple MongoDB Agents to distribute monitoring assignments and provide failover. Ops Manager distributes monitoring assignments among up to 100 running MongoDB Agents. Each MongoDB Agent running active Monitoring monitors a different set of MongoDB processes. One MongoDB Agent running active Monitoring per project is the primary Monitor. The primary Monitor reports the cluster's status to Ops Manager. As MongoDB Agents have Monitoring enabled or disabled, Ops Manager redistributes assignments. If the primary Monitor fails, Ops Manager assigns another MongoDB Agent running active Monitoring to be the primary Monitor.

The following settings tune the interval Ops Manager uses to determine if a Monitoring is unaccessible and the frequency with which standby agents poll Ops Manager to determine if they should receive monitoring assignments.

mms.monitoring.agent.session.timeoutMillis

Type: integer

Default: 90000

Interval that Ops Manager uses to determine if a standby agent should start monitoring. If Ops Manager does not hear from a Monitoring for the duration specified, Ops Manager promotes a standby agent. Configuring the timeout below 90000 (90 seconds) will cause Ops Manager to fail at startup with a configuration error.

mms.monitoring.agent.standbyCollectionFactor

Type: integer

Default: 4

Specifies how frequently a standby agent checks in with Ops Manager to see if it should start monitoring. The following values are permitted:

Value
Standby Agents Check Frequency
1
Every 55 seconds
2
Every 27 seconds
3
Every 18 seconds
4
Every 14 seconds

Ops Manager Administration API

mms.publicApi.whitelistEnabled

Type: boolean

Certain API calls require that requests originate from a IP address in the access list. To turn off this requirement, add this setting and set its value to false.

Push Live Migrations

mms.pushLiveMigrations.mmsUi.centralUrl

Type: string

Base URL for Live Migration from Ops Manager to Atlas, such as https://mongodb.prakticum-team.ru/proxy/cloud.mongodb.com.

mms.pushLiveMigrations.syncJobs.enabled

Type: boolean

If set to true, allows Ops Manager to request information about Live Migration processes, such as:

  • The list of available projects and deployments that can be used as sources for Live Migrations.

  • The list of available configured migration hosts that can facilitate Live Migrations in their respective deployments and projects.

  • The current status of running Live Migrations in Atlas.

Ops Manager uses this information to facilitate Live Migration processes. The default is true.

mms.pushLiveMigrations.updateJob.intervalSeconds

Type: boolean

The repeat interval, in seconds, between sync refreshes. The syncs of the organization's project information between Ops Manager and Atlas occur periodically. The default interval between syncs is 60. Ops Manager expects sync refreshes to occur within an interval from 10 to 43200 seconds (12 hours). If the actual interval between sync refreshes is longer than 43200 seconds or if the actual interval between sync refreshes is longer than 1800 seconds (30 minutes) during the validation phase, the Live Migration to Atlas might stall, time out, or fail.

Note

After updating this setting, restart the Web Server for the change to take effect.

mms.pushLiveMigrations.updateJob.cooldownSeconds

Type: boolean

The interval, in seconds, between information sync refreshes for an organization's project. The default interval between sync refreshes is 10. Ops Manager expects sync refreshes to occur within an interval from 10 to 43200 seconds (12 hours). If the actual interval between consecutive syncs is longer than 43200 seconds, the Live Migration to Atlas might stall, time out, or fail.

Note

After updating this setting, restart the Web Server for the change to take effect.

mms.pushLiveMigrations.fetchJob.intervalSeconds

Type: boolean

The repeat interval, in seconds, for syncing the Live Migration plan updates from Atlas.The plan lists the steps in the Atlas migration process. Ops Manager periodically retrieves the current plan from Atlas to check progress. Without this information, Ops Manager does not move the Live Migration process to the next stage.

The default interval between syncs is 60. Ops Manager expects sync refreshes to occur within an interval from 10 to 43200 seconds (12 hours). If the actual interval between consecutive syncs is longer than 43200 seconds, the Live Migration to Atlas might stall, time out, or fail.

Note

After updating this setting, restart the Web Server for the change to take effect.

mms.automation.agentFeatures.migrationHosts.canManageDeployments

Type: boolean

Indicates whether to show Live Migration hosts as available agents in the Add new deployment view under Projects in the user interface. The default is false.

Tip

See also:

Security

mms.security.disableBrowserCaching

Type: boolean

Default: False

When true, Ops Manager makes all HTTP responses not cacheable.

mms.security.hstsMaxAgeSeconds

Type: integer

Default: 0 (Can use HTTP or HTTPS.)

How long (in seconds) Ops Manager limits browser connections to use HTTPS. This value must be a positive integer. A value of 0 means that it can use HTTP or HTTPS.

Tip

See also:

To learn how to deploy HSTS, see HTTP Strict Transport Security, RFC 6797 and hstspreload.org.

SNMP

Configure SNMP Traps

Ops Manager uses community-based SNMPv2 (SNMPv2c).

Important

Ops Manager 6.0.0 deprecates SNMP alerts. Ops Manager 7.0.0 will not include SNMP alerts. To learn more about other alert options, see Third-Party Service Integrations.

You can configure the Ops Manager Application with two different types of SNMP Traps:

Trap Type
Contents
Frequency
Target
Heartbeat
Internal health assessment of the Ops Manager Application
User set
one or more endpoints
Alert
User set
one or more endpoints

To configure the Ops Manager Application to send SNMPv2c Heartbeat or Alert Traps:

  1. Download the MIB file.

  2. To configure SNMPv2c Traps:

    1. For SNMPv2c Heartbeat Traps:

    2. For SNMPv2c Alert Traps:

SNMP Settings

Important

Ops Manager 6.0.0 deprecates SNMP alerts. Ops Manager 7.0.0 will not include SNMP alerts. To learn more about other alert options, see Third-Party Service Integrations.

snmp.community

Type: string

Default: public

Applies to SNMPv2c Alert Traps and SNMPv2c Heartbeat Traps.

SNMP community for SNMP traps the Ops Manager Application sends.

snmp.default.heartbeat.interval

Type: number

Default: 300

Applies to SNMPv2c Heartbeat Traps.

Number of seconds between heartbeat notifications.

snmp.default.hosts

Type: string

Default: blank

Applies to SNMPv2c Heartbeat Traps.

Comma-separated list of hosts where Ops Manager sends 'heartbeat' traps on the standard UDP port 162. You must set snmp.default.hosts to enable the SNMP heartbeat functionality. If you leave this setting blank, Ops Manager disables the SNMP heartbeat functionality.

snmp.listen.port

Type: number

Default: 11611

Applies to SNMPv2c queries that an SNMP host would send to Ops Manager Application.

Listening UDP port for SNMP. Setting to a number less than 1024 requires running the Ops Manager Application with elevated privileges.

Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA)

mongodb.disable.numa

Type: boolean

To disable NUMA for the head databases, follow the Modify a Custom Setting procedure using the following values:

Key
mongodb.disable.numa
Value
true

To learn more about NUMA, see MongoDB and NUMA Hardware in the MongoDB Production Notes.

Important

Each Ops Manager instance with Backup Daemons enabled must have the numactl service installed. If numactl is not installed and this setting is set to true, backup jobs fail.

FCV 4.2 and later use backup cursors instead of head databases. For more information, see Backup Daemon Service.

Third-Party Integrations

Datadog Integration

datadog.api.url

Type: string

Default: https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1

URL that Ops Manager uses to access the Datadog API.

Enable this custom parameter if you have deployed Datadog locally. Set this to a value appropriate for your deployment.

Tip

See also:

To learn how to add this setting, see Modifying a Custom Setting.

Opsgenie Integration

opsgenie.api.url

Type: string

Default: https://api.opsgenie.com/v2/alerts

URL that Ops Manager uses to access the Ops Genie API in European countries.

Enable this custom parameter if your Ops Manager instance runs in Europe. Then, set its value to https://api.eu.opsgenie.com/v2/alerts.

For more information, see Opsgenie Alert documentation.

Tip

See also:

To learn how to add this setting, see Modifying a Custom Setting.

Twilio Integration

To receive alert notifications via SMS or 2FA code, you must have a Twilio account.

twilio.account.sid

Type: string

Twilio account ID.

Corresponds to Account SID.

twilio.auth.token

Type: string

Twilio API token.

Corresponds to Twilio Auth Token.

twilio.from.num

Type: string

Twilio phone number.

Corresponds to Twilio From Number.

User Authentication

mms.email.validation

Type: string

Default: false

Determines if Ops Manager requires usernames to be email addresses.

Value
Description
false
(Default) Username is not required to be an email address.
loose
Username must contain an @ symbol followed by a period.
strict
Username must adhere to a strict email address validation regular expression.

If set to strict, Ops Manager uses the following regular expression to validate that an email address adheres to the requirements described in Section 3 of RFC-3696:

^[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*@(?:[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?\.)+[a-z0-9](?:[a-z0-9-]*[a-z0-9])?$

Example

jane.smith@example.com is valid. jane.smith@ex@mple.com is not.

Corresponds to Username Validation.

mms.userSvcClass

Type: string

Default: com.xgen.svc.mms.svc.user.UserSvcDb

Select whether to store authentication credentials in the Ops Manager Application Database or in an LDAP directory.

Accepted values are:

Auth Method
Accepted Value
Application Database

UserSvcDb

IMPORTANT: In Ops Manager 6.0, the accepted value is com.xgen.svc.mms.svc.user.UserSvcDb. If you use this old accepted value, your Ops Manager instance will not start during preflight checks.

LDAP

com.xgen.svc.mms.svc.user.UserSvcLdap

SAML

com.xgen.svc.mms.svc.user.UserSvcSaml

Corresponds to User Authentication Method.

Authentication through Ops Manager Application Database

mms.password.maxDaysBeforeChangeRequired

Type: number

Number of days a password is valid before the password expires.

Corresponds to Days Before Password Change Required.

mms.password.maxDaysInactiveBeforeAccountLock

Type: number

Maximum number of days with no visits to the Ops Manager website before Ops Manager locks an account.

Corresponds to Days Inactive Before Account Lock.

mms.password.maxFailedAttemptsBeforeAccountLock

Type: number

Number of failed login attempts before an account becomes locked. Only an an Ops Manager Administrator can unlock a locked account.

Corresponds to Failed Login Attempts Before Account Lock.

mms.password.minChangesBeforeReuse

Type: number

Number of previous passwords to remember. You cannot reuse a remembered password as a new password.

Corresponds to Password Changes Before Reuse.

mms.login.ratelimit.attemptsAllowed

Type: number

Number of logins a user from a specific IP address can attempt during a timeout period. You must configure this setting alongside Login Attempts Timeout Period.

Corresponds to Login Attempts Allowed Before Timeout.

mms.login.ratelimit.lockedPeriodMinutes

Type: number

This setting specifies:

  • The time period (in minutes) used to determine if too many login attempts have been made.

  • The duration that accounts are locked before you can resume login attempts.

You must configure this setting alongside Login Attempts Allowed Before Timeout.

Important

The dropdown menu lists the only possible values for this setting. Attempting to set a value in your conf-mms.properties file or local database that is not listed in the dropdown causes an error when restarting the Ops Manager instance.

Corresponds to Login Attempts Timeout Period.

mms.user.invitationOnly

Type: boolean

If true, new users can register by invitation only. The invitation provides a URL that displays the registration link. If false, new users can register if they have the Ops Manager URL.

Corresponds to Invitation Only Mode.

mms.user.bypassInviteForExistingUsers

Type: boolean

Default: False

This checkbox appears when you set mms.userSvcClass to com.xgen.svc.mms.svc.user.UserSvcDb.

Value
Results
true

  • You can add existing users to any organization or project without an invitation.

  • Ops Manager deletes and invalidates any pending invitations.

  • New users continue to receive and must accept invitations.

false

  • All users continue to receive and must accept invitations.

Corresponds to Bypass Invitation Mode.

Authentication through LDAP

These settings configure Ops Manager to use an LDAP server for authentication. If you use LDAP authentication, users must belong to an LDAP group to log into Ops Manager. You must create LDAP groups for each Ops Manager user role.

Settings that begin with mms.ldap.global.role assign Ops Manager global roles to the members of the specified LDAP groups. Specify groups using the format used by the LDAP attribute specified in the LDAP User Group setting. You can specify multiple groups using the ;; delimiter. To change the default delimiter, use the mms.ldap.group.separator setting. Each Ops Manager global role provides its level of access to all the Ops Manager projects in the deployment. To provide access to specific groups, use group-level roles.

mms.ldap.bindDn

Type: string

LDAP user used to execute searches for other users.

mms.ldap.bindDn=authUser@acme.example.com

Corresponds to LDAP Bind Dn.

mms.ldap.bindPassword

Type: string

Password for the search user.

mms.ldap.bindPassword=<password>

Corresponds to LDAP Bind Password.

mms.ldap.global.role.automationAdmin

Type: string

LDAP group whose members have the global automation admin role in Ops Manager. Specify projects using the format used by the LDAP attribute specified in the LDAP User Group setting. You can specify multiple projects using the ;; delimiter. To change the default delimiter, use the mms.ldap.project.separator setting.

mms.ldap.global.role.automationAdmin=CN\=MMS-AutomationAdmin,OU\=MMS,OU\=acme Groups,DC\=acme,DC\=example,DC\=com

Each Ops Manager global role provides its level of access to all the Ops Manager projects in the deployment. To provide access to specific projects, use group-level roles.

Corresponds to LDAP Global Role Automation Admin.

mms.ldap.global.role.backupAdmin

Type: string

LDAP group whose members have the global backup admin role in Ops Manager.

mms.ldap.global.role.backupAdmin=CN\=MMS-BackupAdmin,OU\=MMS,OU\=acme Groups,DC\=acme,DC\=example,DC\=com

Corresponds to LDAP Global Role Backup Admin.

mms.ldap.global.role.monitoringAdmin

Type: string

LDAP group whose members have the global monitoring admin role in Ops Manager.

mms.ldap.global.role.monitoringAdmin=CN\=MMS-MonitoringAdmin,OU\=MMS,OU\=acme Groups,DC\=acme,DC\=example,DC\=com

Corresponds to LDAP Global Role Monitoring Admin.

mms.ldap.global.role.owner

Type: string

LDAP group that has full privileges for the Ops Manager deployment, including full access to all Ops Manager projects and all administrative permissions. Users in the specified LDAP group receive the global owner role in Ops Manager. Specify the project using the format that is used by the LDAP attribute specified in the LDAP User Group setting.

mms.ldap.global.role.owner=CN\=MMSGlobalOwner,OU\=MMS,OU\=acme Groups,DC\=acme,DC\=example,DC\=com

Corresponds to LDAP Global Role Owner.

mms.ldap.global.role.readOnly

Type: string

LDAP group whose members have the global read-only role in Ops Manager.

mms.ldap.global.role.readOnly=CN\=MMS-ReadOnly,OU\=MMS,OU\=acme Groups,DC\=acme,DC\=example,DC\=com

Corresponds to LDAP Global Role Read Only.

mms.ldap.global.role.userAdmin

Type: string

LDAP group whose members have the global user admin role in Ops Manager.

mms.ldap.global.role.userAdmin=CN\=MMS-UserAdmin,OU\=MMS,OU\=acme Groups,DC\=acme,DC\=example,DC\=com

Corresponds to LDAP Global Role User Admin.

mms.ldap.group.baseDn

Type: string

Default: LDAP User Base Dn value

Base Distinguished Name (DN) that Ops Manager uses to search for groups. If left blank, this setting uses the default value.

mms.ldap.group.baseDn=OU\=groups,DC\=acme,DC\=com

Corresponds to LDAP Group Base Dn.

mms.ldap.group.member

Type: string

Field on the group entry containing user Distinguished Names (DN). The groupOfNames or groupOfUniqueNames object classes are commonly used.

mms.ldap.group.member=member

Corresponds to LDAP Group Member Attribute.

mms.ldap.group.separator

Type: string

Default: ;;

To set the LDAP separator, follow the Modify a Custom Setting procedure using the following values:

Key
mms.ldap.group.separator
Value
<desired-separator>

Each of the global role values takes a delimited list of projects:

"dbas,sysadmins"

If a group value contains the delimiter, the delimiter must be set to another value.

Example

If you have the group value "CN\=foo,DN\=bar" and the delimiter is , then Ops Manager parses "CN\=foo,DN\=bar" as two elements rather than as the description for a single group.

mms.ldap.referral

Type: string

LDAP field used to set how to handle referrals. Accepts two values:

  • ignore: Ignore referrals.

  • follow: Automatically follow any referrals.

Corresponds to LDAP Referral.

mms.ldap.ssl.CAFile

Type: string

A file containing one or more trusted certificates in PEM format. Use this setting if you are using LDAPS and the server is using a certificate that is not from a well-known Certificate Authority.

mms.ldap.ssl.CAFile=/opt/CA.pem

Corresponds to LDAP SSL CA File.

mms.ldap.ssl.PEMKeyFile

Type: string

A file containing a client certificate and private key. Use this setting when your TLS/SSL LDAP server requires client certificates.

mms.ldap.ssl.PEMKeyFile=/opt/keyFile.pem

Corresponds to LDAP SSL PEM Key File.

mms.ldap.ssl.PEMKeyFilePassword

Type: string

Password for LDAP SSL PEM Key File. Use this setting if the PEMKeyFile is encrypted.

mms.ldap.ssl.PEMKeyFilePassword=<password>

Corresponds to LDAP SSL PEM Key File Password.

mms.ldap.url

Type: string

URI for the LDAP or LDAPS server.

mms.ldap.url=ldaps://acme-dc1.acme.example.com:3890

Corresponds to LDAP URI.

mms.ldap.user.baseDn

Type: string

Base Distinguished Name (DN) that Ops Manager uses to search for users.

Escape the = sign with \.

mms.ldap.user.baseDn=DC\=acme,DC\=example,DC\=com

Corresponds to LDAP User Base Dn.

mms.ldap.user.email

Type: string

Default: mail per RFC2256

LDAP user attribute that contains the user's email address. After successful LDAP authentication, Ops Manager synchronizes the specified LDAP attribute with the email address from the Ops Manager user record.

mms.ldap.user.email=mail

Corresponds to LDAP User Email.

mms.ldap.user.firstName

Type: string

Default: givenName per RFC2256

LDAP user attribute that contains the user's first name. After successful LDAP authentication, Ops Manager synchronizes the specified LDAP attribute with the first name from the Ops Manager user record.

mms.ldap.user.firstName=givenName

Corresponds to LDAP User First Name.

mms.ldap.user.group

Type: string

LDAP user attribute that contains the list of LDAP groups the user belongs to. The LDAP attribute can use any format to list the projects, including Common Name (cn) or Distinguished Name (dn). All Ops Manager settings in this configuration file that specify projects must match the chosen format.

Important

Ops Manager deprecated mms.ldap.user.group. Use mms.ldap.group.member.

If you provide values for:

mms.ldap.user.group=memberOf

Corresponds to LDAP User Group.

mms.ldap.user.lastName

Type: string

Default: surname per RFC2256

LDAP user attribute that contains the user's last name. After successful LDAP authentication, Ops Manager synchronizes the specified LDAP attribute with the last name from the Ops Manager user record.

mms.ldap.user.lastName=sn

Corresponds to LDAP User Last Name.

mms.ldap.user.searchAttribute

Type: string

LDAP field used for the LDAP search. This is typically a username or an email address. The value of this field is also used as the Ops Manager username.

mms.ldap.user.searchAttribute=<myAccountName>

Corresponds to LDAP User Search Attribute.

mms.login.newDeviceNotification.enabled

Type: boolean

Indicator as to the user should be notified that they have logged in from a new device.

Corresponds to New Device Login Notification.

Authentication through SAML

mms.saml.idp.uri

Type: string

URI of the Identity Provider (IdP) that you use to coordinate your Single Sign-On. This might be referred to as the EntityId or the Identity Provider Issuer.

mms.saml.sso.url

Type: string

URL of the Single Sign-On endpoint that Ops Manager calls when a user attempts to sign in.

mms.saml.slo.url

Type: string

URL of the Single Logout endpoint that Ops Manager calls when a user attempts to log out. If set, when a user attempts to log out of Ops Manager, they log out of your IdP. If left blank, logging out of Ops Manager doesn't log the user out of their IdP session.

mms.saml.x509.cert

Type: string

Certificate provided by your IdP that Ops Manager uses to verify its validity to the IdP.

mms.saml.ssl.PEMKeyFile

Type: string

Absolute path to the PEM file for the certificate that the SP uses to sign requests, containing both the private and public key. If this is left blank, Ops Manager doesn't sign SAML auth requests to the IdP and you can't encrypt SAML assertions.

mms.saml.ssl.PEMKeyFilePassword

Type: string

Required if the PEM file contains an encrypted private key. Specify the password for PEM file.

mms.saml.encrypted.assertions

Type: boolean

Indicator as to whether or not the IdP encrypts the assertions it sends to Ops Manager.

mms.saml.signature.algorithm

Type: string

Algorithm to encrypt the signature sent to and from the IdP.

In the Select an Algorithm menu, there are five choices:

  • rsa-sha1

  • dsa-sha1

  • rsa-sha256

  • rsa-sha384

  • rsa-sha512

mms.saml.global.role.owner

Type: string

Group in the SAML Group Member Attribute whose members have full privileges over this deployment, including full access to all groups and all administrative permissions.

mms.saml.global.role.automationAdmin

Type: string

Group in the SAML Group Member Attribute whose members have the Global Automation Admin role.

mms.saml.global.role.backupAdmin

Type: string

Group in the SAML Group Member Attribute whose members have the Global Backup Admin role.

mms.saml.global.role.monitoringAdmin

Type: string

Group in the SAML Group Member Attribute whose members have the Global Monitoring Admin role.

mms.saml.global.role.userAdmin

Type: string

Group in the SAML Group Member Attribute whose members have the Global User Admin role.

mms.saml.global.role.readOnly

Type: string

Group in the SAML Group Member Attribute whose members have the Global Read Only role.

mms.saml.user.firstName

Type: string

SAML User Attribute that contains the user's first name.

mms.saml.user.lastName

Type: string

SAML User Attribute that contains the user's last name.

mms.saml.user.email

Type: string

SAML User Attribute that contains the user's email address.

mms.saml.group.member

Type: string

Default: groups

SAML Attribute that contains the list of groups Ops Manager uses to map roles to Projects and Organizations.

Corresponds to SAML Group Member Attribute.

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)

mms.multiFactorAuth.level

Type: string

Default: OFF

Configures the two-factor authentication "level":

Setting
Description
OFF
Disables two-factor authentication. Ops Manager does not use two-factor authentication.
OPTIONAL
Users can choose to set up two-factor authentication for their Ops Manager account.
REQUIRED_FOR_GLOBAL_ROLES
Users who possess a global role must set up two-factor authentication. Two factor authentication is optional for all other users.
REQUIRED
All users must set up two-factor authentication for their Ops Manager account.

Two-factor authentication is recommended for the security of your Ops Manager deployment.

Warning

If enabling mms.multiFactorAuth.level through the configuration file, you must create a user account first before updating the configuration file. Otherwise, you cannot login to Ops Manager.

Note

If you enable Twilio integration (optional), ensure that Ops Manager servers can access the twilio.com domain.

Corresponds to Multi-factor Auth Level.

mms.multiFactorAuth.allowReset

Type: boolean

Default: False

When true, Ops Manager allows users to reset their two-factor authentication settings via email in an analogous fashion to resetting their passwords.

To reset two-factor authentication, a user must:

  • be able to receive email at the address associated with the user account.

  • know the user account's password.

  • know the agent API key for each Ops Manager project the user belongs to.

Corresponds to Multi-factor Auth Allow Reset.

mms.multiFactorAuth.issuer

Type: string

If Google Authenticator provides two-factor authentication, this string is the issuer in the Google Authenticator app. If left blank, the issuer is the domain name of the Ops Manager installation.

Corresponds to Multi-factor Auth Issuer.

mms.multiFactorAuth.require

Type: boolean

Default: False

When true, Ops Manager will require two-factor authentication for users to log in or to perform certain destructive operations within the application.

If you configure Twilio integration, users may obtain their second factor tokens via Google Authenticator, SMS, or voice calls. Otherwise, the only mechanism to provide two-factor authentication is Google Authenticator.

reCaptcha and Session Length

reCaptcha.enabled.registration

Type: boolean

Default: false

Indicator as to you want a new user to validate themselves using reCaptcha validation when they register to use Ops Manager.

Set to true to require reCaptcha validation when a new user registers.

This setting requires a reCaptcha account.

Corresponds to ReCaptcha Enabled On Registration.

reCaptcha.enabled

Type: boolean

Default: false

Indicator as to you want a user to validate themselves using reCaptcha validation when they log into Ops Manager.

Set to true to require reCaptcha validation when a user logs in.

This setting requires a reCaptcha account.

Corresponds to ReCaptcha Enabled.

reCaptcha.private.key

Type: string

ReCaptcha private key associated with your account.

Corresponds to ReCaptcha Private Key.

reCaptcha.public.key

Type: string

ReCaptcha public key associated with your account.

Corresponds to ReCaptcha Public Key.

mms.session.maxHours

Type: number

Number of hours before a session on the Ops Manager website expires.

Note

Session Max Hours reflects the total Ops Manager session time, not just idle time. Both active and idle sessions expire when Session Max Hours elapses.

Set this value to 0 to use browser session cookies only.

Corresponds to Session Max Hours.

Web Server

mms.centralUrl

Type: string

FQDN and port number of the Ops Manager Application.

To use a port other than 8080, see Manage Ops Manager Hostname and Ports.

mms.centralUrl=http://mms.example.com:8080

Corresponds to URL to Access Ops Manager.

Important

If you plan on accessing your Ops Manager Application using its IPv6 address, you must enclose the IPv6 address in square brackets ([ ]) to separate it from its port number.

For example:

http://[2600:1f16:777:8700:93c2:b99c:a875:2b10]:8080
mms.https.PEMKeyFile

Type: string

Absolute path to the PEM file that contains the Ops Manager Application's valid certificate and private key. The PEM file is required if the Ops Manager Application uses HTTPS to encrypt connections between the Ops Manager Application, the agents, and the web interface.

The default port for HTTPS access to the Ops Manager Application is 8443, as set in <install_dir>/conf/mms.conf file. If you change this default, you must also change the port specified in the mms.centralUrl setting.

Corresponds to HTTPS PEM Key File.

mms.https.PEMKeyFilePassword

Type: string

Password for the HTTPS PEM key file. You must include this setting if the PEM key file contains an encrypted private key.

Corresponds to HTTPS PEM Key File Password.

mms.https.ClientCertificateMode

Type: string

Specifies if Ops Manager requires clients to present valid TLS/SSL client certificates when connecting to it. Accepted values are:

  • none

  • agents_only

  • required

Corresponds to Client Certificate Mode.

mms.https.CAFile

Type: string

Required if:

  • You are using a private certificate authority.

  • You set mms.https.ClientCertificateMode to agents_only or required.

  • You run Ops Manager in hybrid mode with TLS enabled.

Specifies the filesystem location of a private certificate authority file containing the list of acceptable client certificates. The Ops Manager Application authenticates HTTPS requests from clients bearing a certificate described in this file.

mms.https.CAFile=/path/to/ca_file.pem

Corresponds to CA File.

mms.https.dualConnectors

Type: boolean

Default: False

Enables connections to Ops Manager using HTTP and HTTPS concurrently.

You can use this setting temporarily while you upgrade Ops Manager and the MongoDB Agents to use TLS. To ensure zero downtime, set to true and provide a value for mms.http.bindhostname. After you configure Ops Manager and the MongoDB Agents, set to false.

Important

Ops Manager is accessible using insecure connections while mms.https.dualConnectors is true.

Set mms.https.dualConnectors to false to allow secure connections only after you have updated the MongoDB Agents to use TLS connections.

mms.http.bindhostname

Type: string

Default: 127.0.0.1

The hostname or IP at which MongoDB Agents can connect to Ops Manager using HTTP.

You can use this setting temporarily while you upgrade Ops Manager and the MongoDB Agents to use TLS. To ensure zero downtime, set a value and set mms.https.dualConnectors to true. After you configure Ops Manager and the MongoDB Agents, remove the value.

mms.remoteIp.header

Type: string

If you use a load balancer with the Ops Manager Application, set this to the HTTP header field the load balancer uses to identify the originating client's IP address to the Ops Manager host. When you specify Load Balancer Remote IP Header, do not allow clients to connect directly to any Ops Manager host. A load balancer placed in front of the Ops Manager hosts must not return cached content.

Once Load Balancer Remote IP Header is set, Ops Manager enables the following HTTP headers:

HTTP Header
Forwards to Ops Manager
Original host that the client requested in the Host HTTP request header.
Protocol used to make the HTTP request.
Hostname of the proxy server.
HTTPS status of a request.

To learn more, see Configure a Highly Available Ops Manager Application.

Corresponds to Load Balancer Remote IP Header.

mms.minimumTLSVersion

Type: string

Default: TLSv1.2

Specifies the TLS version required for clients to connect to Ops Manager. This property affects all clients, such as browsers used to connect to the Ops Manager Admin interface and command-line tools, such as curl, used to connect to the REST API.

Ops Manager versions between 4.0.9 and 4.0.18 and earlier than 4.2.13 and 4.4.0
Ops Manager supports TLSv1.2 only. If you change this value to anything other than TLSv1.2, including a blank value, you can't connect to this Ops Manager.
Ops Manager versions 4.0.0 to 4.0.8, 4.0.18 or later, 4.2.13 or later, 4.4.0 or later
Ops Manager supports TLSv1.0, TLSv1.1 and TLSv1.2.

Note

TLSv1.2 requires connecting clients to meet the following minimum requirements:

  • Browser supports TLS version 1.2

  • curl version 7.34.0+

  • OpenSSL version 1.0.1+

To set minimum.TLSVersion, follow the Modify a Custom Setting procedure with the following values:

Key
minimum.TLSVersion
Value
<tls-versions>
mms.disableCiphers

Type: string

Default: SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_DSS_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, SSL_DHE_RSA_WITH_DES_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_DES40_CBC_SHA, SSL_RSA_EXPORT_WITH_RC4_40_MD5, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_DSS_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA256, TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384

Specifies a list of TLS cipher suites which your instance of Ops Manager can't accept when clients connect to the Ops Manager Application and API. Specify TLS cipher suite names as a comma-separated list, as in the following example.

Important

Cipher suite names used in Ops Manager must follow RFC 5246 naming conventions. Do not use the OpenSSL naming convention. For convenience, Ops Manager logs a list of all supported cipher suite names during startup. If Ops Manager does not recognize a TLS cipher suite name, it logs the following warning:

Your config lists the following as ciphers which should be disabled as the JDK does not recognize them. Please check the format of the entries and list of enabled ciphers. [unrecognized_cipher_name]

To change mms.disableCiphers, follow the Modify a Custom Setting procedure with the following values:

Key
mms.disableCiphers
Value

<ciphers>

For example:

TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA, TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256

Warning

Setting mms.disableCiphers to a custom value could re-enable one or more of these disabled ciphers.

Webhook

mms.alerts.webhook.adminEndpoint

Type: string

Corresponds to Webhook URL.

mms.alerts.webhook.adminSecret

Type: string

Corresponds to Webhook Secret.

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