Create a User on MongoDB Server

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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.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 19, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Enable Access Control
- Create an admin user account and grant it the userAdminAnyDatabase and readWriteAnyDatabase built-in roles.
- Edit /etc/mongod.conf and add the following:
```
security:
    authorization: enabled
```
- Restart the mongodb service.
Challenge

Connect as Admin User

Connect using the user created in the previous step.
Challenge

Create Standard User Account
- Create a user account named test with the readWrite role on the test database and the read role on the reporting database.
- Connect to the MongoDB instance using the newly created user account.

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