How to start Mongo daemon with auth support
I want to start the MongoDB daemon with auth support using the Mongo init script:
sudo /etc/init.d/mongod start
I have also added db users to the database to authenticate. I'm working with two files: /etc/init.d/mongod (for init) and /etc/mongod.conf (for config).
#mongod.conf:
dbpath=/var/lib/mongodb
logappend=true
port = 27017
auth = true
The non-daemon method properly starts the process with the --auth flag:
mongod --auth
The fork works, but this doesn't use the init script:
mongod --fork --auth --logpath /var/log/mongod.log
Read all documentation and related posts, nobody seemed to have a working solution to get auth support with
service mongod start
Links:
- Strange behaviour starting process with init script
- http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/administration/configuration/
- Setting up mongodb via upstart - how to pass options?
Update: I reinstalled Debian/Mongo and was able to use service mongod start with auth = true in conf file. I probably broke something during my initial install/configuration.
Solution 1:
I just tested this with a fresh Debian 7 install, and a fresh install of MongoDB. I added a user (adam) first, then edited the /etc/mongod.conf file to uncomment the auth = true line. I then issued the service mongod restart command and attempted to log in as the user, and succeeded - I also tried incorrect credentials and failed. Hence, authentication seems to be working just fine, there were no obvious problems using the config file to specify authentication is enabled.
So, a couple of questions:
- How are you testing that authentication is enabled?
- Do you perhaps have more than one line in your config file that ontains auth/noauth statements?
For reference, here's most of my testing with the feedback from the shell etc.
First, the install and setting up the initial user:
root@deb7:~# apt-get install mongodb-org
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mongodb-org-mongos mongodb-org-server mongodb-org-shell mongodb-org-tools
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** SNIP for brevity**
Setting up mongodb-org-shell (2.6.1) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-server (2.6.1) ...
Adding system user `mongodb' (UID 104) ...
Adding new user `mongodb' (UID 104) with group `nogroup' ...
Not creating home directory `/home/mongodb'.
Adding group `mongodb' (GID 107) ...
Done.
Adding user `mongodb' to group `mongodb' ...
Adding user mongodb to group mongodb
Done.
[ ok ] Starting database: mongod.
Setting up mongodb-org-mongos (2.6.1) ...
Setting up mongodb-org-tools (2.6.1) ...
Setting up mongodb-org (2.6.1) ...
root@deb7:~# mongo
MongoDB shell version: 2.6.1
connecting to: test
Welcome to the MongoDB shell.
For interactive help, type "help".
For more comprehensive documentation, see
http://docs.mongodb.org/
Questions? Try the support group
http://groups.google.com/group/mongodb-user
> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.createUser(
... {
... user: "adam",
... pwd: "password123",
... roles:
... [
... {
... role: "userAdminAnyDatabase",
... db: "admin"
... }
... ]
... }
... )
Successfully added user: {
"user" : "adam",
"roles" : [
{
"role" : "userAdminAnyDatabase",
"db" : "admin"
}
]
}
Next up I edited the /etc/mongod.conf file and removed the # that commented out auth = true (I made no other changes). I saved that file and then restarted the service. Next I connected with the user I had added and verified that I had the right provileges:
root@deb7:~# vim /etc/mongod.conf
root@deb7:~# service mongod restart
[ ok ] Restarting database: mongod.
root@deb7:~# mongo -u adam -p password123 --authenticationDatabase admin
MongoDB shell version: 2.6.1
connecting to: test
Error while trying to show server startup warnings: not authorized on admin to execute command { getLog: "startupWarnings" }
As you can see, the user I added does not have the privileges to look at the startup warnings, but just to be sure, I checked the privileges:
> use admin
switched to db admin
> db.runCommand( { usersInfo:"adam", showPrivileges:true } )
{
"users" : [
{
"_id" : "admin.adam",
"user" : "adam",
"db" : "admin",
"roles" : [
{
"role" : "userAdminAnyDatabase",
"db" : "admin"
}
],
"inheritedRoles" : [
{
"role" : "userAdminAnyDatabase",
"db" : "admin"
}
],
"inheritedPrivileges" : [
{
"resource" : {
"db" : "",
"collection" : ""
},
"actions" : [
"changeCustomData",
"changePassword",
"createRole",
"createUser",
"dropRole",
"dropUser",
"grantRole",
"revokeRole",
"viewRole",
"viewUser"
]
},
{
"resource" : {
"cluster" : true
},
"actions" : [
"authSchemaUpgrade",
"invalidateUserCache",
"listDatabases"
]
},
{
"resource" : {
"db" : "",
"collection" : "system.users"
},
"actions" : [
"collStats",
"dbHash",
"dbStats",
"find",
"killCursors",
"planCacheRead"
]
},
{
"resource" : {
"db" : "admin",
"collection" : "system.users"
},
"actions" : [
"collStats",
"dbHash",
"dbStats",
"find",
"killCursors",
"planCacheRead"
]
},
{
"resource" : {
"db" : "admin",
"collection" : "system.roles"
},
"actions" : [
"collStats",
"dbHash",
"dbStats",
"find",
"killCursors",
"planCacheRead"
]
},
{
"resource" : {
"db" : "admin",
"collection" : "system.version"
},
"actions" : [
"collStats",
"dbHash",
"dbStats",
"find",
"killCursors",
"planCacheRead"
]
},
{
"resource" : {
"db" : "admin",
"collection" : "system.new_users"
},
"actions" : [
"collStats",
"dbHash",
"dbStats",
"find",
"killCursors",
"planCacheRead"
]
},
{
"resource" : {
"db" : "admin",
"collection" : "system.backup_users"
},
"actions" : [
"collStats",
"dbHash",
"dbStats",
"find",
"killCursors",
"planCacheRead"
]
}
]
}
],
"ok" : 1
}
Just for completeness, here's an auth failure:
root@deb7:~# mongo -u root -p 12345678 --authenticationDatabase admin
MongoDB shell version: 2.6.1
connecting to: test
2014-05-11T18:04:39.793+0100 Error: 18 { ok: 0.0, errmsg: "auth failed", code: 18 } at src/mongo/shell/db.js:1210
exception: login failed
Solution 2:
Edit /etc/mongod.conf and add a line like this:
For mongo <3.0
auth=true
Then:
service mongod restart
For mongo 3.x, Add this to the config
security:
authorization: "enabled"