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Create a User on MongoDB Server
In this lab, students are asked to create a user account on a running MongoDB instance. After completing this lab, students will have hands-on experience enabling access control and creating user accounts on MongoDB.

Lab Info
Table of Contents
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Challenge
Enable Access Control
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Create an admin user account and grant it the
userAdminAnyDatabase
andreadWriteAnyDatabase
built-in roles. -
Edit
/etc/mongod.conf
and add the following:
security: authorization: enabled
- Restart the mongodb service.
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Challenge
Connect as Admin User
Connect using the user created in the previous step.
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Challenge
Create Standard User Account
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Create a user account named
test
with thereadWrite
role on thetest
database and theread
role on thereporting
database. -
Connect to the MongoDB instance using the newly created user account.
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