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Overview¶

This article explains how to configure authentication and setup users for a Mongo DB instance.

Procedure¶

1. Turn off replication

On the primary server

mongo

For each host name within the replica set, within the Mongo shell issue the following command.

rs.remove("host-name:27017")

2. Add root user (still in the Mongo shell)

use admin
db.createUser({user:"root", pwd:"MySecurePassword", roles:[{role:"root",db:"admin"}]})

3. Create additional users (still in the Mongo shell)

db.createUser({user:"MyUserName", pwd:"MySecurePassword",
roles:[ 
   {role:"readWrite",db:"MyDatabase1"},
   . . .
   {role:"readWrite",db:"MyDatabaseN"}
   ]})