How to set up authentication on mongodb

mongo_setup.md

Mongo Authentication

• Start mongod without auth enabled Make sure this is commented or missing from /etc/mongod.conf

#security:
#  authorization: enabled

The service should be running:

$ sudo service mongod start

• Create admin user and db users

$ use admin
$ db.createUser({user: 'admin', pwd: 'super secret password', roles: [{role: 'root', db: 'admin'}]})
$ use newDatabase
$ db.createUser({user: 'newDatabaseUser', pwd: 'super secret password', roles: [{role: 'readWrite', db: 'newDatabase'}]})
...

• Enable Auth Add the following to /etc/mongod.conf:

security:
  authorization: enabled

• Restart mongod

$ sudo service mongod restart