How to add MongoDB data source in Orbeon

Question

How do I add a MongoDB data source to Orbeon CE? I have been browsing through all the xml config files without any luck and the Orbeon documentation doesn\'t help very much.

Answer 1

First note that support for MongoDB is at this point very much experimental. It is implemented as a servlet in MongoDBPersistence.scala, so you'll want to:

1. Edit Orbeon's web.xml declare that servlet in a <servlet>, and map /fr/service/mongo/* to that servlet with a <servlet-mapping>.
2. Add a property telling Form Runner to use the MongoDB persistence layer: e.g. <property as="xs:string" name="oxf.fr.persistence.provider.*.*.*" value="mongo"/>.
3. Add a property telling Form Runner what the URI of the MongoDB persistence layer is, e.g. <property as="xs:anyURI" name="oxf.fr.persistence.mongo.uri" value="/fr/service/mongo"/>.