Enable Authentication

To enable the authentication, perform the following steps:

  1. Go to the server where MongoDB service has been installed. Open the Command Prompt as Administrator and execute the command below.
    mongosh --host x.x.xx.x1 --port 27017
  2. Execute the command below:
    MongoDB> use admin
  3. Make the following changes in the values before execution:

    • user:<username>

    • pwd :<password>

    Note:
    (Choose any password for the corresponding user for MongoDB authentication.)
    MongoDB adminMongoDB> db.createUser(
{
user: "<username>",
pwd: "<password>",
roles: [ {role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" }, { role: "root", db: "admin" }, "readWriteAnyDatabase" ]
}
)
On successful execution, You will get {ok: 1 } message.
  4. Make the following changes in mongod.cfg. Refer the screenshot below:
    Figure 1. Enable Authentication
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  5. Restart the MongoDB service on the server.
  6. Re-open the Command Prompt as Administrator and open the MongoDB terminal using the following command:
    mongosh --host <IP> --port <Port> -u <username> -p <password> --authenticationDatabase "admin"
For e.g. - mongosh --host x.x.xx.x --port 27017 -u <username> -p <password> --authenticationDatabase "admin"

    Connection with MongoDBMongoDB should be successfully established.