...
Create an additional user
- Establish a connection to MongoDB via mongo CLI (see Connect to MongoDB with mongo CLI)
Use
db.createUser()to create a new user (see https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.4/reference/method/db.createUser/)No Format > db.createUser({user: '
TEST_
USER', pwd: '
TEST_
PASSWORD', customData: { name:
'NAME OF TESTUSER' }, roles: ['readWriteAnyDatabase']}) Successfully added user: { "user" : "TEST_USER", "customData" : { "name" : "NAME OF TESTUSER" }, "roles" : [ "readWriteAnyDatabase" ] } >
List users with db.getUsers(
) (see List existing users)
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> db.getUsers()
[
{
"_id" : "admin.TEST_USER",
"user" : "TEST_USER",
"db" : "admin",
"customData" : {
"name" : "NAME OF TESTUSER"
},
"roles" : [
{
"role" : "readWriteAnyDatabase",
"db" : "admin"
}
]
},
{
"_id" : "admin.bvq",
"user" : "bvq",
"db" : "admin",
"roles" : [
{
"role" : "root",
"db" : "admin"
}
]
}
]
> |