Use Automatic Client-Side Field Level Encryption with GCP

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Overview

Before You Get Started
Set Up the KMS
Register a GCP Service Account
Create a GCP Customer Master Key
Create the Application
Create a Unique Index on your Key Vault collection
Create a Data Encryption Key
Configure the MongoClient
Insert a Document with Encrypted Fields
Retrieve Your Encrypted Document
Learn More

Overview

This guide shows you how to build a Client-Side Field Level Encryption (CSFLE)-enabled application using Google Cloud Key Management Service.

After you complete the steps in this guide, you should have:

A CMK hosted on Google Cloud Key Management Service.
A client application that inserts encrypted documents using your CMK.

Before You Get Started

To complete and run the code in this guide, you need to set up your development environment as shown in the Installation Requirements page.

Throughout this guide, code examples use placeholder text. Before you run the examples, substitute your own values for these placeholders.

For example:

dek_id := "<Your Base64 DEK ID>"

You would replace everything between quotes with your DEK ID.

dek_id := "abc123"

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Complete Python Application

Set Up the KMS

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Register a GCP Service Account

Register or log into your existing account on Google Cloud.

Create a service account for your project

To create a service account on Google Cloud, follow the Creating a service account guide in Google's official documentation.

Add a service account key

To add a service account key on Google Cloud, follow the Managing service account keys guide in Google's official documentation.

Important

When creating your service account key, you receive a one-time download of the private key information. Make sure to download this file in either the PKCS12 or JSON format for use later in this tutorial.

Create a GCP Customer Master Key

Create a new Customer Master Key

Create a key ring and a symmetric key by following the Create a key guide from Google's official documentation.

This key is your Customer Master Key (CMK).

Record the following details of your CMK for use in a future step of this tutorial.

Field	Required	Description
key_name	Yes	Identifier for the CMK.
key_ring	Yes	Identifier for the group of keys your key belongs to.
key_version	No	The version of the named key.
location	Yes	Region specified for your key.
endpoint	No	The host and optional port of the Google Cloud KMS. The default value is `cloudkms.googleapis.com`.

Create the Application

Select the tab that corresponds to the MongoDB driver you are using in your application to see relevant code samples.

Create a Unique Index on your Key Vault collection

Create a unique index on the keyAltNames field in your encryption.__keyVault collection.

Select the tab corresponding to your preferred MongoDB driver:

MakeDataKey.cs

var connectionString = "<Your MongoDB URI>";
var keyVaultNamespace = CollectionNamespace.FromFullName("encryption.__keyVault");
var keyVaultClient = new MongoClient(connectionString);
var indexOptions = new CreateIndexOptions<BsonDocument>();
indexOptions.Unique = true;
indexOptions.PartialFilterExpression = new BsonDocument { { "keyAltNames", new BsonDocument { { "$exists", new BsonBoolean(true) } } } };
var builder = Builders<BsonDocument>.IndexKeys;
var indexKeysDocument = builder.Ascending("keyAltNames");
var indexModel = new CreateIndexModel<BsonDocument>(indexKeysDocument, indexOptions);
var keyVaultDatabase = keyVaultClient.GetDatabase(keyVaultNamespace.DatabaseNamespace.ToString());
// Drop the Key Vault Collection in case you created this collection
// in a previous run of this application.  
keyVaultDatabase.DropCollection(keyVaultNamespace.CollectionName);
// Drop the database storing your encrypted fields as all
// the DEKs encrypting those fields were deleted in the preceding line.
keyVaultClient.GetDatabase("medicalRecords").DropCollection("patients");
var keyVaultCollection = keyVaultDatabase.GetCollection<BsonDocument>(keyVaultNamespace.CollectionName.ToString());
keyVaultCollection.Indexes.CreateOne(indexModel);

insert-encrypted-document.go

uri := "<Your MongoDB URI>"
keyVaultClient, err := mongo.Connect(context.TODO(), options.Client().ApplyURI(uri))
if err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("Connect error for regular client: %v", err)
}
defer func() {
	_ = keyVaultClient.Disconnect(context.TODO())
}()
keyVaultColl := "__keyVault"
keyVaultDb := "encryption"
keyVaultNamespace := keyVaultDb + "." + keyVaultColl
keyVaultIndex := mongo.IndexModel{
	Keys: bson.D{{"keyAltNames", 1}},
	Options: options.Index().
		SetUnique(true).
		SetPartialFilterExpression(bson.D{
			{"keyAltNames", bson.D{
				{"$exists", true},
			}},
		}),
}
// Drop the Key Vault Collection in case you created this collection
// in a previous run of this application.
if err = keyVaultClient.Database(keyVaultDb).Collection(keyVaultColl).Drop(context.TODO()); err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("Collection.Drop error: %v", err)
}
// Drop the database storing your encrypted fields as all
// the DEKs encrypting those fields were deleted in the preceding line.
if err = keyVaultClient.Database("medicalRecords").Collection("patients").Drop(context.TODO()); err != nil {
	log.Fatalf("Collection.Drop error: %v", err)
}
_, err = keyVaultClient.Database(keyVaultDb).Collection(keyVaultColl).Indexes().CreateOne(context.TODO(), keyVaultIndex)
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}

MakeDataKey.java

String connectionString = "<Your MongoDB URI>";
String keyVaultDb = "encryption";
String keyVaultColl = "__keyVault";
String keyVaultNamespace = keyVaultDb + "." + keyVaultColl;
MongoClient keyVaultClient = MongoClients.create(connectionString);
// Drop the Key Vault Collection in case you created this collection
// in a previous run of this application.
keyVaultClient.getDatabase(keyVaultDb).getCollection(keyVaultColl).drop();
// Drop the database storing your encrypted fields as all
// the DEKs encrypting those fields were deleted in the preceding line.
keyVaultClient.getDatabase("medicalRecords").getCollection("patients").drop();
MongoCollection keyVaultCollection = keyVaultClient.getDatabase(keyVaultDb).getCollection(keyVaultColl);
IndexOptions indexOpts = new IndexOptions().partialFilterExpression(new BsonDocument("keyAltNames", new BsonDocument("$exists", new BsonBoolean(true) ))).unique(true);
keyVaultCollection.createIndex(new BsonDocument("keyAltNames", new BsonInt32(1)), indexOpts);
keyVaultClient.close();

make_data_key.js

const uri = "<Your Connection String>";
const keyVaultDatabase = "encryption";
const keyVaultCollection = "__keyVault";
const keyVaultNamespace = `${keyVaultDatabase}.${keyVaultCollection}`;
const keyVaultClient = new MongoClient(uri);
await keyVaultClient.connect();
const keyVaultDB = keyVaultClient.db(keyVaultDatabase);
// Drop the Key Vault Collection in case you created this collection
// in a previous run of this application.
await keyVaultDB.dropDatabase();
// Drop the database storing your encrypted fields as all
// the DEKs encrypting those fields were deleted in the preceding line.
await keyVaultClient.db("medicalRecords").dropDatabase();
const keyVaultColl = keyVaultDB.collection(keyVaultCollection);
await keyVaultColl.createIndex(
  { keyAltNames: 1 },
  {
    unique: true,
    partialFilterExpression: { keyAltNames: { $exists: true } },
  }
);

make_data_key.py

connection_string = "<your connection string here>"
key_vault_coll = "__keyVault"
key_vault_db = "encryption"
key_vault_namespace = f"{key_vault_db}.{key_vault_coll}"
key_vault_client = MongoClient(connection_string)
# Drop the Key Vault Collection in case you created this collection
# in a previous run of this application.
key_vault_client.drop_database(key_vault_db)
# Drop the database storing your encrypted fields as all
# the DEKs encrypting those fields were deleted in the preceding line.
key_vault_client["medicalRecords"].drop_collection("patients")
key_vault_client[key_vault_db][key_vault_coll].create_index(
    [("keyAltNames", ASCENDING)],
    unique=True,
    partialFilterExpression={"keyAltNames": {"$exists": True}},
)

Create a Data Encryption Key

Add your GCP KMS Credentials

Add the service account credentials to your CSFLE-enabled client code.

Tip

You saved a file containing your service account key credentials in the Create a GCP Service Account step of this guide.

If you downloaded your credentials in JSON format, you can use the following command to extract the value of your private key, substituting <credentials-filename> with the name of your credentials file:

cat <credentials-filename> | jq -r .private_key | openssl pkcs8 -topk8 -nocrypt -inform PEM -outform DER | base64

If you downloaded your credentials in PKCS12 format, you need to specify your GCP service account import password and to add a PEM pass phrase to access the key when accessing it using the following command, substituting <credentials-filename> with the name of your credentials file:

openssl pkcs12 -info -in <credentials-filename>

MakeDataKey.cs

var kmsProviders = new Dictionary<string, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>>();
var provider = "gcp";
var gcpKmsOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>
{
   { "privateKey", "<Your GCP Private Key>" },
   { "email", "<Your GCP Email>" },
};
kmsProviders.Add(provider, gcpKmsOptions);

make-data-key.go

provider := "gcp"
kmsProviders := map[string]map[string]interface{}{
	provider: {
		"email":      "<Your GCP Email>",
		"privateKey": "<Your GCP Private Key>",
	},
}

MakeDataKey.java

String kmsProvider = "gcp";
Map<String, Map<String, Object>> kmsProviders = new HashMap<String, Map<String, Object>>();
Map<String, Object> providerDetails = new HashMap<>();
providerDetails.put("email", "<Your GCP Email Address>");
providerDetails.put("privateKey", "<Your GCP Private Key>");
kmsProviders.put(kmsProvider, providerDetails);

make_data_key.js

const provider = "gcp";
const kmsProviders = {
  gcp: {
    email: "<Your GCP Email>",
    privateKey: "<Your GCP Private Key>",
  },
};

make_data_key.py

provider = "gcp"
kms_providers = {
    provider: {"email": "<your GCP email>", "privateKey": "<your GCP private key>"}
}

Tip

Learn More

To learn more about the KMS provider object for GCP, see Google Cloud Platform KMS.

Add Your Key Information

Update the following code to specify your Customer Master Key:

Tip

You recorded your Customer Master Key details in the in the Create a Customer Master Key step of this guide.

MakeDataKey.cs

var dataKeyOptions = new DataKeyOptions(
   masterKey: new BsonDocument
   {
       { "projectId", "Your GCP Project ID" },
       { "location", "Your GCP Key Location" } ,
       { "keyRing", "<Your GCP Key Ring>" },
       { "keyName", "<Your GCP Key Name>" },
   });

make-data-key.go

masterKey := map[string]interface{}{
	"projectId": "<Your GCP Project ID>",
	"location":  "<Your GCP Location>",
	"keyRing":   "<Your GCP Key Ring>",
	"keyName":   "<Your GCP Key Name>",
}

MakeDataKey.java

BsonDocument masterKeyProperties = new BsonDocument();
masterKeyProperties.put("provider", new BsonString(kmsProvider));
masterKeyProperties.put("projectId", new BsonString("<Your GCP Project ID>"));
masterKeyProperties.put("location", new BsonString("<Your GCP Key Location>"));
masterKeyProperties.put("keyRing", new BsonString("<Your GCP Key Ring>"));
masterKeyProperties.put("keyName", new BsonString("<Your GCP Key Name>"));

make_data_key.js

const masterKey = {
  projectId: "<Your Project ID>",
  location: "<Your Key Location>",
  keyRing: "<Your Key Ring>",
  keyName: "<Your Key Name>",
};

make_data_key.py

master_key = {
    "projectId": "<GCP project identifier>",
    "location": "<GCP region>",
    "keyRing": "<GCP key ring name>",
    "keyName": "<GCP key name>",
}

Generate your Data Encryption Key

MakeDataKey.cs

var clientEncryptionOptions = new ClientEncryptionOptions(
    keyVaultClient: keyVaultClient,
    keyVaultNamespace: keyVaultNamespace,
    kmsProviders: kmsProviders
    );
var clientEncryption = new ClientEncryption(clientEncryptionOptions);
var dataKeyId = clientEncryption.CreateDataKey(provider, dataKeyOptions, CancellationToken.None);
var dataKeyIdBase64 = Convert.ToBase64String(GuidConverter.ToBytes(dataKeyId, GuidRepresentation.Standard));
Console.WriteLine($"DataKeyId [base64]: {dataKeyIdBase64}");

make-data-key.go

clientEncryptionOpts := options.ClientEncryption().SetKeyVaultNamespace(keyVaultNamespace).
	SetKmsProviders(kmsProviders)
clientEnc, err := mongo.NewClientEncryption(keyVaultClient, clientEncryptionOpts)
if err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("NewClientEncryption error %v", err)
}
defer func() {
	_ = clientEnc.Close(context.TODO())
}()
dataKeyOpts := options.DataKey().
	SetMasterKey(masterKey)
dataKeyID, err := clientEnc.CreateDataKey(context.TODO(), provider, dataKeyOpts)
if err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("create data key error %v", err)
}
fmt.Printf("DataKeyId [base64]: %s\n", base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(dataKeyID.Data))

MakeDataKey.java

ClientEncryptionSettings clientEncryptionSettings = ClientEncryptionSettings.builder()
        .keyVaultMongoClientSettings(MongoClientSettings.builder()
                .applyConnectionString(new ConnectionString(connectionString))
                .build())
        .keyVaultNamespace(keyVaultNamespace)
        .kmsProviders(kmsProviders)
        .build();
MongoClient regularClient = MongoClients.create(connectionString);
ClientEncryption clientEncryption = ClientEncryptions.create(clientEncryptionSettings);
BsonBinary dataKeyId = clientEncryption.createDataKey(kmsProvider, new DataKeyOptions().masterKey(masterKeyProperties));
String base64DataKeyId = Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString(dataKeyId.getData());
System.out.println("DataKeyId [base64]: " + base64DataKeyId);
clientEncryption.close();

make_data_key.js

const client = new MongoClient(uri, {
  useNewUrlParser: true,
  useUnifiedTopology: true,
});
await client.connect();
const encryption = new ClientEncryption(client, {
  keyVaultNamespace,
  kmsProviders,
});
const key = await encryption.createDataKey(provider, {
  masterKey: masterKey,
});
console.log("DataKeyId [base64]: ", key.toString("base64"));
await keyVaultClient.close();
await client.close();

make_data_key.py

key_vault_database = "encryption"
key_vault_collection = "__keyVault"
key_vault_namespace = f"{key_vault_database}.{key_vault_collection}"
client = MongoClient(connection_string)
client_encryption = ClientEncryption(
    kms_providers,  # pass in the kms_providers variable from the previous step
    key_vault_namespace,
    client,
    CodecOptions(uuid_representation=STANDARD),
)
data_key_id = client_encryption.create_data_key(provider, master_key)
base_64_data_key_id = base64.b64encode(data_key_id)
print("DataKeyId [base64]: ", base_64_data_key_id)

Tip

Learn More

To view a diagram showing how your client application creates your Data Encryption Key when using an Google Cloud Key Management Service, see Architecture.

To learn more about the options for creating a Data Encryption Key encrypted with a Customer Master Key hosted in Azure Key Vault, see kmsProviders Object and dataKeyOpts Object.

Tip

See: Complete Code

To view the complete code for making a Data Encryption Key, see our Github repository.

Configure the MongoClient

Specify the Key Vault Collection Namespace

Specify encryption.__keyVault as the Key Vault collection namespace.

InsertEncryptedDocument.cs

var keyVaultNamespace = CollectionNamespace.FromFullName("encryption.__keyVault");

insert-encrypted-document.go

keyVaultNamespace := "encryption.__keyVault"

InsertEncryptedDocument.java

String keyVaultNamespace = "encryption.__keyVault";

insert_encrypted_document.js

const keyVaultNamespace = "encryption.__keyVault";

insert_encrypted_document.py

key_vault_namespace = "encryption.__keyVault"

Specify your Cloud Account Credentials

Specify the cloud provider and your service account credentials:

InsertEncryptedDocument.cs

var kmsProviders = new Dictionary<string, IReadOnlyDictionary<string, object>>();
var provider = "gcp";
var gcpKmsOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>
{
   { "privateKey", "<Your GCP Private Key>" },
   { "email", "<Your GCP Email>" },
};
kmsProviders.Add(provider, gcpKmsOptions);

insert-encrypted-document.go

kmsProviders := map[string]map[string]interface{}{
	"gcp": {
		"email":      "<Your GCP Email>",
		"privateKey": "<Your GCP Private Key>",
	},
}

InsertEncryptedDocument.java

String kmsProvider = "gcp";
Map<String, Map<String, Object>> kmsProviders = new HashMap<String, Map<String, Object>>();
Map<String, Object> providerDetails = new HashMap<>();
providerDetails.put("email", "<Your GCP Email Address>");
providerDetails.put("privateKey", "<Your GCP Private Key>");
kmsProviders.put(kmsProvider, providerDetails);

insert_encrypted_document.js

const kmsProviders = {
  gcp: {
    email: "<Your GCP Email>",
    privateKey: "<Your GCP Private Key>",
  },
};

insert_encrypted_document.py

provider = "gcp"
kms_providers = {
    "gcp": {"email": "<your GCP email>", "privateKey": "<your GCP private key>"}
}

Create an Encryption Schema For Your Collection

Tip

Add Your Data Encryption Key Base64 ID

Make sure to update the following code to include your Base64 DEK ID. You received this value in the Generate your Data Encryption Key step of this guide.

InsertEncryptedDocument.cs

var keyId = "<Your base64 DEK ID here>";
var schema = new BsonDocument
{
   { "bsonType", "object" },
   {
       "encryptMetadata",
       new BsonDocument("keyId", new BsonArray(new[] { new BsonBinaryData(Convert.FromBase64String(keyId), BsonBinarySubType.UuidStandard) }))
   },
   {
       "properties",
       new BsonDocument
       {
           {
               "ssn", new BsonDocument
               {
                   {
                       "encrypt", new BsonDocument
                       {
                           { "bsonType", "int" },
                           { "algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic" }
                       }
                   }
               }
           },
           {
               "bloodType", new BsonDocument
               {
                   {
                       "encrypt", new BsonDocument
                       {
                           { "bsonType", "string" },
                           { "algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random" }
                       }
                   }
               }
           },
           {
               "medicalRecords", new BsonDocument
               {
                   {
                       "encrypt", new BsonDocument
                       {
                           { "bsonType", "array" },
                           { "algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random" }
                       }
                   }
               }
           },
           {
               "insurance", new BsonDocument
               {
                   { "bsonType", "object" },
                   {
                       "properties", new BsonDocument
                       {
                           {
                               "policyNumber", new BsonDocument
                               {
                                   {
                                       "encrypt", new BsonDocument
                                       {
                                           { "bsonType", "int" },
                                           { "algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic" }
                                       }
                                   }
                               }
                           }
                       }
                   }
               }
           }
       }
   }
};
var schemaMap = new Dictionary<string, BsonDocument>();
schemaMap.Add(dbNamespace, schema);

insert-encrypted-document.go

dek_id := "<Your Base64 DEK ID>"
schema_template := `{
	"bsonType": "object",
	"encryptMetadata": {
		"keyId": [
			{
				"$binary": {
					"base64": "%s",
					"subType": "04"
				}
			}
		]
	},
	"properties": {
		"insurance": {
			"bsonType": "object",
			"properties": {
				"policyNumber": {
					"encrypt": {
						"bsonType": "int",
						"algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic"
					}
				}
			}
		},
		"medicalRecords": {
			"encrypt": {
				"bsonType": "array",
				"algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random"
			}
		},
		"bloodType": {
			"encrypt": {
				"bsonType": "string",
				"algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random"
			}
		},
		"ssn": {
			"encrypt": {
				"bsonType": "int",
				"algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic"
			}
		}
	}
}`
schema := fmt.Sprintf(schema_template, dek_id)
var schemaDoc bson.Raw
if err := bson.UnmarshalExtJSON([]byte(schema), true, &schemaDoc); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("UnmarshalExtJSON error: %v", err)
}
schemaMap := map[string]interface{}{
	dbName + "." + collName: schemaDoc,
}

InsertEncryptedDocument.java

String dekId = "<paste-base-64-encoded-data-encryption-key-id>>";
Document jsonSchema = new Document().append("bsonType", "object").append("encryptMetadata",
        new Document().append("keyId", new ArrayList<>((Arrays.asList(new Document().append("$binary", new Document()
                .append("base64", dekId)
                .append("subType", "04")))))))
        .append("properties", new Document()
                .append("ssn", new Document().append("encrypt", new Document()
                        .append("bsonType", "int")
                        .append("algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic")))
                .append("bloodType", new Document().append("encrypt", new Document()
                        .append("bsonType", "string")
                        .append("algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random")))
                .append("medicalRecords", new Document().append("encrypt", new Document()
                        .append("bsonType", "array")
                        .append("algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random")))
                .append("insurance", new Document()
                        .append("bsonType", "object")
                        .append("properties",
                                new Document().append("policyNumber", new Document().append("encrypt", new Document()
                                        .append("bsonType", "int")
                                        .append("algorithm", "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic"))))));
HashMap<String, BsonDocument> schemaMap = new HashMap<String, BsonDocument>();
schemaMap.put("medicalRecords.patients", BsonDocument.parse(jsonSchema.toJson()));

insert_encrypted_document.js

dataKey = "<Your base64 DEK ID>";
const schema = {
  bsonType: "object",
  encryptMetadata: {
    keyId: [new Binary(Buffer.from(dataKey, "base64"), 4)],
  },
  properties: {
    insurance: {
      bsonType: "object",
      properties: {
        policyNumber: {
          encrypt: {
            bsonType: "int",
            algorithm: "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic",
          },
        },
      },
    },
    medicalRecords: {
      encrypt: {
        bsonType: "array",
        algorithm: "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random",
      },
    },
    bloodType: {
      encrypt: {
        bsonType: "string",
        algorithm: "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random",
      },
    },
    ssn: {
      encrypt: {
        bsonType: "int",
        algorithm: "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic",
      },
    },
  },
};
var patientSchema = {};
patientSchema[namespace] = schema;

insert_encrypted_document.py

dek_id = b"<paste-base-64-encoded-data-encryption-key-id>"
json_schema = {
    "bsonType": "object",
    "encryptMetadata": {"keyId": [Binary(base64.b64decode(dek_id), UUID_SUBTYPE)]},
    "properties": {
        "insurance": {
            "bsonType": "object",
            "properties": {
                "policyNumber": {
                    "encrypt": {
                        "bsonType": "int",
                        "algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic",
                    }
                }
            },
        },
        "medicalRecords": {
            "encrypt": {
                "bsonType": "array",
                "algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random",
            }
        },
        "bloodType": {
            "encrypt": {
                "bsonType": "string",
                "algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Random",
            }
        },
        "ssn": {
            "encrypt": {
                "bsonType": "int",
                "algorithm": "AEAD_AES_256_CBC_HMAC_SHA_512-Deterministic",
            }
        },
    },
}
patient_schema = {"medicalRecords.patients": json_schema}
patient_schema = {"medicalRecords.patients": json_schema}

Specify the Location of the Automatic Encryption Shared Library

InsertEncryptedDocument.cs

var mongoBinariesPath = "<Full path to your Automatic Encryption Shared Library>";
var extraOptions = new Dictionary<string, object>()
{
   { "cryptSharedLibPath", mongoBinariesPath },
};

insert-encrypted-document.go

extraOptions := map[string]interface{}{
	"cryptSharedLibPath": "<Full path to your Automatic Encryption Shared Library>",
}

InsertEncryptedDocument.java

Map<String, Object> extraOptions = new HashMap<String, Object>();
extraOptions.put("cryptSharedLibPath", "<Full path to your Automatic Encryption Shared Library>"));

insert_encrypted_document.js

const extraOptions = {
  cryptSharedLibPath: "<Full path to your Automatic Encryption Shared Library>",
};

insert_encrypted_document.py

extra_options = {
    "cryptSharedLibPath": "<Full path to your Automatic Encryption Shared Library>"
}

Note

Automatic Encryption Options

The automatic encryption options provide configuration information to the Automatic Encryption Shared Library, which modifies the application's behavior when accessing encrypted fields.

To learn more about the Automatic Encryption Shared Library, see the Automatic Encryption Shared Library for CSFLE page.

Create the MongoClient

Instantiate a MongoDB client object with the following automatic encryption settings:

InsertEncryptedDocument.cs

var clientSettings = MongoClientSettings.FromConnectionString(connectionString);
var autoEncryptionOptions = new AutoEncryptionOptions(
    keyVaultNamespace: keyVaultNamespace,
    kmsProviders: kmsProviders,
    schemaMap: schemaMap,
    extraOptions: extraOptions
    );
clientSettings.AutoEncryptionOptions = autoEncryptionOptions;
var secureClient = new MongoClient(clientSettings);

insert-encrypted-document.go

autoEncryptionOpts := options.AutoEncryption().
	SetKmsProviders(kmsProviders).
	SetKeyVaultNamespace(keyVaultNamespace).
	SetSchemaMap(schemaMap).
	SetExtraOptions(extraOptions)
secureClient, err := mongo.Connect(context.TODO(), options.Client().ApplyURI(uri).SetAutoEncryptionOptions(autoEncryptionOpts))
if err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("Connect error for encrypted client: %v", err)
}
defer func() {
	_ = secureClient.Disconnect(context.TODO())
}()

InsertEncryptedDocument.java

MongoClientSettings clientSettings = MongoClientSettings.builder()
    .applyConnectionString(new ConnectionString(connectionString))
    .autoEncryptionSettings(AutoEncryptionSettings.builder()
        .keyVaultNamespace(keyVaultNamespace)
        .kmsProviders(kmsProviders)
        .schemaMap(schemaMap)
        .extraOptions(extraOptions)
        .build())
    .build();
MongoClient mongoClientSecure = MongoClients.create(clientSettings);

insert_encrypted_document.js

const secureClient = new MongoClient(connectionString, {
  useNewUrlParser: true,
  useUnifiedTopology: true,
  autoEncryption: {
    keyVaultNamespace,
    kmsProviders,
    schemaMap: patientSchema,
    extraOptions: extraOptions,
  },
});

insert_encrypted_document.py

fle_opts = AutoEncryptionOpts(
    kms_providers, key_vault_namespace, schema_map=patient_schema, **extra_options
)
secureClient = MongoClient(connection_string, auto_encryption_opts=fle_opts)

Insert a Document with Encrypted Fields

Use your CSFLE-enabled MongoClient instance to insert an encrypted document into the medicalRecords.patients namespace using the following code snippet:

InsertEncryptedDocument.cs

var sampleDocFields = new BsonDocument
{
    { "name", "Jon Doe" },
    { "ssn", 145014000 },
    { "bloodType", "AB-" },
    {
        "medicalRecords", new BsonArray
        {
            new BsonDocument("weight", 180),
            new BsonDocument("bloodPressure", "120/80")
        }
    },
    {
        "insurance", new BsonDocument
        {
            { "policyNumber", 123142 },
            { "provider", "MaestCare" }
        }
    }
};
// Construct an auto-encrypting client
var secureCollection = secureClient.GetDatabase(db).GetCollection<BsonDocument>(coll);
// Insert a document into the collection
secureCollection.InsertOne(sampleDocFields);

insert-encrypted-document.go

test_patient := map[string]interface{}{
	"name":      "Jon Doe",
	"ssn":       241014209,
	"bloodType": "AB+",
	"medicalRecords": []map[string]interface{}{{
		"weight":        180,
		"bloodPressure": "120/80",
	}},
	"insurance": map[string]interface{}{
		"provider":     "MaestCare",
		"policyNumber": 123142,
	},
}
if _, err := secureClient.Database(dbName).Collection(collName).InsertOne(context.TODO(), test_patient); err != nil {
	return fmt.Errorf("InsertOne error: %v", err)
}

Note

Rather than creating a raw BSON document, you can pass a struct with bson tags directly to the driver for encoding.

InsertEncryptedDocument.java

ArrayList<Document> medicalRecords = new ArrayList<>();
medicalRecords.add(new Document().append("weight", "180"));
medicalRecords.add(new Document().append("bloodPressure", "120/80"));
Document insurance = new Document()
.append("policyNumber", 123142)
.append("provider",  "MaestCare");
Document patient = new Document()
    .append("name", "Jon Doe")
    .append("ssn", 241014209)
    .append("bloodType", "AB+")
    .append("medicalRecords", medicalRecords)
    .append("insurance", insurance);
mongoClientSecure.getDatabase(recordsDb).getCollection(recordsColl).insertOne(patient);

insert_encrypted_document.js

try {
  const writeResult = await secureClient
    .db(db)
    .collection(coll)
    .insertOne({
      name: "Jon Doe",
      ssn: 241014209,
      bloodType: "AB+",
      medicalRecords: [{ weight: 180, bloodPressure: "120/80" }],
      insurance: {
        policyNumber: 123142,
        provider: "MaestCare",
      },
    });
} catch (writeError) {
  console.error("writeError occurred:", writeError);
}

insert_encrypted_document.py

def insert_patient(
    collection, name, ssn, blood_type, medical_records, policy_number, provider
):
    insurance = {"policyNumber": policy_number, "provider": provider}
    doc = {
        "name": name,
        "ssn": ssn,
        "bloodType": blood_type,
        "medicalRecords": medical_records,
        "insurance": insurance,
    }
    collection.insert_one(doc)
medical_record = [{"weight": 180, "bloodPressure": "120/80"}]
insert_patient(
    secureClient.medicalRecords.patients,
    "Jon Doe",
    241014209,
    "AB+",
    medical_record,
    123142,
    "MaestCare",
)

When you insert a document, your CSFLE-enabled client encrypts the fields of your document such that it resembles the following:

{
  "_id": { "$oid": "<_id of your document>" },
  "name": "Jon Doe",
  "ssn": {
    "$binary": "<cipher-text>",
    "$type": "6"
  },
  "bloodType": {
    "$binary": "<cipher-text>",
    "$type": "6"
  },
  "medicalRecords": {
    "$binary": "<cipher-text>",
    "$type": "6"
  },
  "insurance": {
    "provider": "MaestCare",
    "policyNumber": {
      "$binary": "<cipher-text>",
      "$type": "6"
    }
  }
}

Tip

See: Complete Code

To view the complete code for inserting an encrypted document, see our Github repository

To view the complete code for inserting an encrypted document, see our Github repository.

Retrieve Your Encrypted Document

Retrieve the encrypted document you inserted in the Insert a Document with Encrypted Fields step of this guide.

To show the functionality of CSFLE, the following code snippet queries for your document with a client configured for automatic CSFLE as well as a client that is not configured for automatic CSFLE.

InsertEncryptedDocument.cs

Console.WriteLine("Finding a document with regular (non-encrypted) client.");
var filter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.Eq("name", "Jon Doe");
var regularResult = regularCollection.Find(filter).Limit(1).ToList()[0];
Console.WriteLine($"\n{regularResult}\n");
Console.WriteLine("Finding a document with encrypted client, searching on an encrypted field");
var ssnFilter = Builders<BsonDocument>.Filter.Eq("ssn", 145014000);
var secureResult = secureCollection.Find(ssnFilter).Limit(1).First();
Console.WriteLine($"\n{secureResult}\n");

insert-encrypted-document.go

fmt.Println("Finding a document with regular (non-encrypted) client.")
var resultRegular bson.M
err = regularClient.Database(dbName).Collection(collName).FindOne(context.TODO(), bson.D{{"name", "Jon Doe"}}).Decode(&resultRegular)
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
outputRegular, err := json.MarshalIndent(resultRegular, "", "    ")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%s\n", outputRegular)
fmt.Println("Finding a document with encrypted client, searching on an encrypted field")
var resultSecure bson.M
err = secureClient.Database(dbName).Collection(collName).FindOne(context.TODO(), bson.D{{"ssn", "241014209"}}).Decode(&resultSecure)
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
outputSecure, err := json.MarshalIndent(resultSecure, "", "    ")
if err != nil {
	panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("%s\n", outputSecure)

InsertEncryptedDocument.java

System.out.println("Finding a document with regular (non-encrypted) client.");
Document docRegular = mongoClientRegular.getDatabase(recordsDb).getCollection(recordsColl).find(eq("name", "Jon Doe")).first();
System.out.println(docRegular.toJson());
System.out.println("Finding a document with encrypted client, searching on an encrypted field");
Document docSecure = mongoClientSecure.getDatabase(recordsDb).getCollection(recordsColl).find(eq("ssn", 241014209)).first();
System.out.println(docSecure.toJson());

insert_encrypted_document.js

console.log("Finding a document with regular (non-encrypted) client.");
console.log(
  await regularClient.db(db).collection(coll).findOne({ name: /Jon/ })
);
console.log(
  "Finding a document with encrypted client, searching on an encrypted field"
);
console.log(
  await secureClient.db(db).collection(coll).findOne({ ssn: "241014209" })
);

insert_encrypted_document.py

print("Finding a document with regular (non-encrypted) client.")
result = regularClient.medicalRecords.patients.find_one({"name": "Jon Doe"})
pprint.pprint(result)
print("Finding a document with encrypted client, searching on an encrypted field")
pprint.pprint(secureClient.medicalRecords.patients.find_one({"ssn": 241014209}))

The output of the preceding code snippet should look like this:

Finding a document with regular (non-encrypted) client.
{
  _id: new ObjectId("629a452e0861b3130887103a"),
  name: 'Jon Doe',
  ssn: new Binary(Buffer.from("0217482732d8014cdd9ffdd6e2966e5e7910c20697e5f4fa95710aafc9153f0a3dc769c8a132a604b468732ff1f4d8349ded3244b59cbfb41444a210f28b21ea1b6c737508d9d30e8baa30c1d8070c4d5e26", "hex"), 6),
  bloodType: new Binary(Buffer.from("0217482732d8014cdd9ffdd6e2966e5e79022e238536dfd8caadb4d7751ac940e0f195addd7e5c67b61022d02faa90283ab69e02303c7e4001d1996128428bf037dea8bbf59fbb20c583cbcff2bf3e2519b4", "hex"), 6),
  'key-id': 'demo-data-key',
  medicalRecords: new Binary(Buffer.from("0217482732d8014cdd9ffdd6e2966e5e790405163a3207cff175455106f57eef14e5610c49a99bcbd14a7db9c5284e45e3ee30c149354015f941440bf54725d6492fb3b8704bc7c411cff6c868e4e13c58233c3d5ed9593eca4e4d027d76d3705b6d1f3b3c9e2ceee195fd944b553eb27eee69e5e67c338f146f8445995664980bf0", "hex"), 6),
  insurance: {
    policyNumber: new Binary(Buffer.from("0217482732d8014cdd9ffdd6e2966e5e79108decd85c05be3fec099e015f9d26d9234605dc959cc1a19b63072f7ffda99db38c7b487de0572a03b2139ac3ee163bcc40c8508f366ce92a5dd36e38b3c742f7", "hex"), 6),
    provider: 'MaestCare'
  }
}
Finding a document with encrypted client, searching on an encrypted field
{
  _id: new ObjectId("629a452e0861b3130887103a"),
  name: 'Jon Doe',
  ssn: 241014209,
  bloodType: 'AB+',
  'key-id': 'demo-data-key',
  medicalRecords: [ { weight: 180, bloodPressure: '120/80' } ],
  insurance: { policyNumber: 123142, provider: 'MaestCare' }
}

Tip

See: Complete Code

To view the complete code for finding an encrypted document, see our Github repository

To view the complete code for finding an encrypted document, see our Github repository.

Learn More

To learn more about the topics mentioned in this guide, see the following links:

Learn more about CSFLE components on the Reference page.
Learn how Customer Master Keys and Data Encryption Keys work on the Keys and Key Vaults page
See how KMS Providers manage your CSFLE keys on the CSFLE KMS Providers page.

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