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MongoDB Atlas Joins Google Cloud Foundation Fabric (FAST): Secure Private Data Infrastructure in Minutes
Summary
Many organizations lack cloud fundamentals, making foundational setup complex and time-consuming; Google Cloud Foundation Fabric (FAST) is a GitOps-driven landing zone toolkit that accelerates establishing a production-ready Google Cloud organization. A new MongoDB Atlas module within FAST enables provisioning MongoDB Atlas clusters with Private Service Connect (PSC) for secure, private connectivity. PSC avoids VPC peering issues like CIDR conflicts and transitive routing, using a unidirectional consumer-producer model that respects project boundaries and routes traffic over Google’s private fiber network. The module automates cluster creation, PSC endpoint registration with Service Directory, and internal DNS resolution, integrating with Google Cloud KMS for customer-managed encryption keys. This integration reduces foundational setup from weeks to minutes, providing a secure data foundation that connects to BigQuery for real-time analytics and Vertex AI for GenAI workloads.
Context
MongoDB announces a new module for Google Cloud Foundation Fabric (FAST) that enables provisioning MongoDB Atlas clusters with Private Service Connect for secure, private data infrastructure deployment.
Approach / What changed
The module uses Terraform to automate provisioning of MongoDB Atlas clusters with Private Service Connect endpoints registered in Google Cloud Service Directory, following GitOps principles for version-controlled, auditable infrastructure.
Takeaways
The MongoDB Atlas module for FAST uses Private Service Connect instead of VPC peering, avoiding CIDR conflicts, transitive routing, and consuming no IP address space in the VPC.
The module automates cluster creation, PSC endpoint registration with Service Directory, and internal DNS resolution, integrating with Google Cloud KMS for customer-managed encryption keys.
The integration reduces foundational setup from weeks to minutes and connects to Google Cloud’s data and AI ecosystem for real-time analytics via BigQuery and GenAI workloads via Vertex AI.
FAQ
What is Private Service Connect and how does it differ from VPC peering?
Private Service Connect is a unidirectional consumer-producer model that avoids CIDR conflicts, respects project boundaries, and routes traffic over Google's private fiber network, unlike VPC peering which requires IP address space and transitive routing.
How does the module automate DNS resolution for the database?
The module registers PSC endpoints with Google Cloud Service Directory, providing internal DNS names for applications to connect without complex forwarding rules, benefiting from managed endpoint rotation and zone-aware routing.
What are the prerequisites for deploying the MongoDB Atlas module?
The Google Cloud project must have specific APIs enabled and the servicedirectory.admin IAM role granted to the Terraform runner service account to register PSC endpoints for DNS resolution.
Source and freshness
- Source
- mongodb.com
- Published
- Added to Yomu
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