MONGOC_SSL_OPT_T(3)

💅 MONGOC_SSL_OPT_T(3) 💅

okay so this is a page from the libmongoc manual, and it's literally about one little struct that holds all your TLS settings, and honestly? iconic. let's get into it 🫶

---

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

here's the whole vibe, memorized bestie, don't touch the punctuation:

typedef struct {
   const char *pem_file;
   const char *pem_pwd;
   const char *ca_file;
   const char *ca_dir;
   const char *crl_file;
   bool weak_cert_validation;
   bool allow_invalid_hostname;
   void *internal;
   void *padding[6];
} mongoc_ssl_opt_t;

NOTE (read this, seriously) 🎀 — even though some API names still be saying "ssl" (we don't make the rules), the C driver only supports TLS protocols, which are the glow-up that supersedes SSL. so like. no cap. it's TLS. 💅

---

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so this struct is the whole point of the page: you use it to set the TLS options for a mongoc_client_t or a mongoc_client_pool_t. that's it, that's the job. ✨

starting in version 1.2.0, once a pool or client has any TLS options set, like, all connections use TLS — even if you omit ssl=true from the MongoDB URI. before that? messy. TLS options were straight-up ignored unless tls=true was included in the URI. 😭

as of 1.4.0, mongoc_client_pool_set_ssl_opts() and mongoc_client_set_ssl_opts() don't just shallow copy the struct — they also copy the const char*. so the whole "make sure your values stay valid after setting them" era is over, bestie, you can relax now 💆‍♀️✨

🦋 SEE ALSO

• Configuring TLS
• mongoc_client_set_ssl_opts()
• mongoc_client_pool_set_ssl_opts()

---

👑 AUTHOR 👑

MongoDB, Inc — the main characters, fr fr

🌈 COPYRIGHT 🌈

2009-present, MongoDB, Inc. — periodt 💖

---

and that's the page!! 🎀 this was libmongoc version 2.5.6, dated Oct 09, 2026 — drink some water and go set your TLS options responsibly, bestie 🫶💜