--- title: Teleport 7.0 brings secure access to MongoDB users. description: Teleport 7.0 adds native support for MongoDB, letting users consolidate identity-based, certificate-driven secure access to all their MongoDB instances across... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/teleport-7-0-brings-secure-access-to-mongodb-users--ywuk0arhm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Teleport 7.0 brings secure access to MongoDB users. | daily.dev og:description: Teleport 7.0 adds native support for MongoDB, letting users consolidate identity-based, certificate-driven secure access to all their MongoDB instances across... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/teleport-7-0-brings-secure-access-to-mongodb-users--ywuk0arhm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Ywuk0aRhM.png og:image:alt: Teleport 7.0 brings secure access to MongoDB users. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Teleport 7.0 brings secure access to MongoDB users. **[Teleport](https://daily.dev/sources/teleport)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Teleport 7.0 adds native support for MongoDB, letting users consolidate identity-based, certificate-driven secure access to all their MongoDB instances across environments instead of relying on shared credentials or VPNs. The release also introduces AWS console access with a single sign-on flow, removing the need for a separate login screen. Teleport works as two dependency-free binaries, a proxy that speaks MongoDB protocol and a sidecar maintaining a reverse tunnel, enabling access to databases behind firewalls or NAT. The release also highlights dynamic authorization via access requests that temporarily elevate privileges, approved through a Slack-based workflow similar to pull requests. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Does Teleport support secure access to MongoDB databases? Yes, Teleport 7.0 added native MongoDB support, letting users consolidate identity-based access to all MongoDB instances across environments. It replaces shared or static credentials with short-lived certificates issued via SSO with MFA, and provides a unified audit log across databases. The same release also added AWS console access with single sign-on. _Track database access tooling updates like this on daily.dev before rolling out new security controls._ ### How does Teleport's dynamic authorization for database access requests work? Dynamic authorization temporarily elevates a user's privileges instead of granting standing access. A client sends an access request via CLI with a reason, which appears in a Slack channel for team approval, similar to a git pull request workflow. This enforces the principle of least privilege without slowing down engineering teams, and Teleport governs these one-time elevated permissions across all databases in real time. _Engineers evaluating least-privilege access workflows can follow tooling changes like this on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#mongodb](https://daily.dev/tags/mongodb) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/teleport-7-0-brings-secure-access-to-mongodb-users--ywuk0arhm) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Teleport 7.0 brings secure access to MongoDB users.","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/teleport-7-0-brings-secure-access-to-mongodb-users--ywuk0arhm","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/teleport-7-0-brings-secure-access-to-mongodb-users--ywuk0arhm"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:19:10.422Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:30:31.164Z","description":"Teleport 7.0 adds native support for MongoDB, letting users consolidate identity-based, certificate-driven secure access to all their MongoDB instances across...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2-1xRawN--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2011","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2-1xRawN--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2011","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Teleport","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Teleport","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--Dw-Bbw6O--/c_limit,w_256/f_auto,q_auto/v1787487494/logos/teleport?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/teleport"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/teleport-7-0-brings-secure-access-to-mongodb-users--ywuk0arhm","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,aws,mongodb","timeRequired":"PT5M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Teleport","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/teleport"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Teleport 7.0 brings secure access to MongoDB users."}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/teleport-7-0-brings-secure-access-to-mongodb-users--ywuk0arhm#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Does Teleport support secure access to MongoDB databases?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Yes, Teleport 7.0 added native MongoDB support, letting users consolidate identity-based access to all MongoDB instances across environments. 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