Mongodb v3.4
You need to do the following to create a secure database:
Make sure the user starting the process has permissions and that the directories exist (
/data/db in this case).
1) Start MongoDB without access control.
mongod --port 27017 --dbpath /data/db
2) Connect to the instance.
mongo --port 27017
3) Create the user administrator.
use admin
db.createUser(
{
user: "myUserAdmin",
pwd: "abc123",
roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" } ]
}
)
4) Re-start the MongoDB instance with access control.
mongod --auth --port 27017 --dbpath /data/db
5) Connect and authenticate as the user administrator.
mongo --port 27017 -u "myUserAdmin" -p "abc123" --authenticationDatabase "admin"
6) Create additional users as needed for your deployment.
use test
db.createUser(
{
user: "myTester",
pwd: "xyz123",
roles: [ { role: "readWrite", db: "test" },
{ role: "read", db: "reporting" } ]
}
)
7) Connect and authenticate as myTester.
mongo --port 27017 -u "myTester" -p "xyz123" --authenticationDatabase "test"
