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Mongo Installation

1. Follow these instructions to install mongo on 14.04.

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv 7F0CEB10

echo "deb http://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu trusty/mongodb-org/3.0 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-3.0.list

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y mongodb-org

1. Verify that your instance is up and running

mongo

1. Set up an auth user with the following command:

use admin
db.createUser(
  {
    user: "<some-user>",
    pwd: "<some-password>",
    roles: [ { role: "userAdmin", db: "yourappsdb" } ]
  }
)

1. Edit the /etc/mongod.conf file:

# Change the default port
net:
  port: some-nondefault-port
  bindIp: 127.0.0.1

# Enable auth
security: 
  authorization: enabled

1. Restart mongo

sudo service mongod restart

1. To make it easier to log in as root, you can make a ~/.mongorc.js file:

db.auth('<some-user>', '<some-password>');

1. Log into the db as root

mongo --port some-nondefault-port admin

1. Create a user for your application

use yourappsdb
db.createUser(
  {
    user: "<some-other-user>",
    pwd: "<some-other-password>",
    roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "yourappsdb" } ]
  }
)

1. Log in as the new user

mongo --port some-nondefault-port --host localhost -u <some-other-user> --authenticationDatabase admin -p

1. DISCLAIMER: I do not claim this is best practice. If you choose to follow these steps, you do so AT YOUR OWN RISK. I am not responsible for any damage or loss associated with these instructions or the use thereof.