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**Connecting Your Database for Enhanced Features:**
This guide outlines the database options and setup steps for enabling features like Chat Link Sharing in your application.
### Choose Your Database:
**1. Serverless Postgres (default):**
- Available on Vercel, Neon, and other platforms.
- Less feature-rich but a suitable option depending on your needs.
- **Connection String:** Replace placeholders with your Postgres credentials.
- `postgres://USER:PASS@SOMEHOST.postgres.vercel-storage.com/SOMEDB?pgbouncer=true&connect_timeout=15`
**2. MongoDB Atlas (alternative):**
- **Highly Recommended:** More than a database, it's a data platform. MongoDB Atlas is a robust cloud-based platform that offers scalability, security, and a suite of developer tools. No need for a separate vector database, you can query your vector embeddings right within your operational database!
- **Additional Features:** MongoDB Atlas is packed with unique features designed to streamline the development process such as: Atlas App Services, Atlas search (with vector search), Atlas charts, Data Federation, and more.
- **Connection String:** Replace placeholders with your Atlas credentials.
- `mongodb://USER:PASS@CLUSTER-NAME.mongodb.net/DATABASE-NAME?retryWrites=true&w=majority`
### Environment Variables:
#### Postgres:
| Variable | |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `POSTGRES_PRISMA_URL` | `postgres://USER:PASS@SOMEHOST.postgres.vercel-storage.com/SOMEDB?pgbouncer=true&connect_timeout=15` |
| `POSTGRES_URL_NON_POOLING` (optional) | URL for the Postgres database without pooling (specific use cases) |
#### MongoDB:
| Variable | |
|-----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `MDB_URI` | `mongodb://USER:PASS@CLUSTER-NAME.mongodb.net/DATABASE-NAME?retryWrites=true&w=majority` |
### MongoDB Atlas + Prisma
When using MongoDB Atlas, you'll need to make the below changes to the file [`src/server/prisma/schema.prisma`](../src/server/prisma/schema.prisma).
```
...
datasource db {
provider = "mongodb"
url = env("MDB_URI")
}
//
// Storage of Linked Data
//
model LinkStorage {
id String @id @default(uuid()) @map("_id")
// ...rest of file
```
### Initial Setup Steps:
1. **Run `npx prisma db push`:** Create or update the database schema (run once after connecting).
### Additional Resources:
- Prisma documentation: [https://www.prisma.io/docs/](https://www.prisma.io/docs/)
- MongoDB Atlas: [https://www.mongodb.com/atlas/database](https://www.mongodb.com/atlas/database)
- Atlas App Services: [https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/app-services/](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/app-services/)
- Atlas vector search: [https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/atlas-vector-search/](https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/atlas-vector-search)
- Atlas Data Federation: [https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/atlas-data-federation](https://www.mongodb.com/products/platform/atlas-data-federation)