[SOLVED] Django non-rel connecting to multiple hosts in a replica set

Django non-rel connecting to multiple hosts in a replica set

I'm using django non-rel with mongodb backend. The docs are clear on how to connect to a single host, however I would like to connect to all hosts in a replica set.

Is it possible to do so?

How would the the DATABASES element in settings.py look like for a connection string such as this:

mongodb://db1.example.net,db2.example.net:2500/?replicaSet=test

Solution

There is an open issue for this in the mongodb-engine project.

https://github.com/django-nonrel/mongodb-engine/pull/170#issuecomment-42406797

From the comments, this is how it should be done:

DATABASES = {

    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django_mongodb_engine', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
        'NAME': 'dbname',                  # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
        'USER': '',                      # Not used with sqlite3.
        'PASSWORD': '',                  # Not used with sqlite3.
        'HOST': 'mongodb://mongodb1.domain.com:27107, mongodb2.domain.com:27017/?replicaSet=replicaname',
    },
}

Update:

This has been verified to work on the main branch:

git+https://github.com/django-nonrel/mongodb-engine