Hi
I have created a one-click droplet with MongoDB. Now I want to set up authentication. I already created users and roles. But I must enable authentication when the process is started and restart the process.
But how exactly is the mongod process started in this one-click app (I don’t want authentication to be disabled if the process needs to be restarted later on)?
I already tried changing the /etc/mongod.conf and rebooting the server (sudo reboot). But it is still possible to login to mongo without specifying a user.
I coud not find anything in the /etc/init.d or in the /etc/systemd/system directories.
This is my mongod.conf:
# mongod.conf
# for documentation of all options, see:
# http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/configuration-options/
# Where and how to store data.
storage:
dbPath: /var/lib/mongodb
journal:
enabled: true
# engine:
# mmapv1:
# wiredTiger:
# where to write logging data.
systemLog:
destination: file
logAppend: true
path: /var/log/mongodb/mongod.log
# network interfaces
net:
port: 27017
bindIp: 127.0.0.1
#processManagement:
security:
authorization: enabled
#operationProfiling:
#replication:
#sharding:
## Enterprise-Only Options:
#auditLog:
#snmp:
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Hi @sanderdeclerck
According to the manual, the parameter
authorization
needs to be a string: https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/configuration-options/#security.authorizationSo change the config:
And then restart MongoDB:
You can see more in this tutorial: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-secure-mongodb-on-ubuntu-16-04
@sanderdeclerck
You may want to take a look at this post for details on how to setup authentication with a user.
https://medium.com/@raj_adroit/mongodb-enable-authentication-enable-access-control-e8a75a26d332
As far as starting, stopping and restarting the service, it’ll be done either via:
or
In most cases, especially on newer distros,
systemd
is used, so thesystemctl
command would be what you’d use.