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date = "2015-03-19T12:53:30-04:00"
title = "Connecting"
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## Connecting

The reference documentation for connecting to a MongoDB server deployment is divided into three sections:   

- [Connection Settings]({{<relref "driver-async/reference/connecting/connection-settings.md">}}): documentation of the various ways to specify the properties of a connection
- [Authenticating]({{<relref "driver-async/reference/connecting/authenticating.md">}}): detailed documentation of the various ways to specify authentication credentials
- [SSL]({{<relref "driver-async/reference/connecting/ssl.md">}}): Detailed documentation of the various ways to specify the properties of an SSL connection
