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Overview

This guide shows you how to encrypt a document with automatic
and a MongoDB driver.

After completing this guide, you should have the following knowledge and software:

  • Knowledge of the steps to configure a driver to encrypt fields in a document.
  • A working, but not production-ready, client application that utilizes automatic .

Important

Do Not Use this Application In Production

Since this example application stores an encryption key on your application’s filesystem, you risk unauthorized access to the key or loss of the key to decrypt your data.

To view a tutorial that demonstrates how to create a production-ready
enabled application, see

<qe-tutorial-automatic-encryption>.

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.

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Full Application

To see the complete code for the application you make in this guide, select the tab corresponding to your programming language and follow the provided link:

Procedure

Learn More

To view a tutorial on production-ready with a remote KMS, see <qe-tutorial-automatic-encryption>.

To learn how works, see <qe-fundamentals>.

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

  • Learn more about components on the Reference page.
  • Learn how s and s work on the <qe-reference-keys-key-vaults> page.
  • See how KMS Providers manage your keys on the <qe-fundamentals-kms-providers> page.
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