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1. Establish a connection to MongoDB via mongo CLI (see Connect to MongoDB with mongo CLI)
   
   

2. Switch to admin db with use admin

   No Format
   > use admin switched to db admin

3. Use db.getUsers() to list existing users (see https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.4/reference/method/db.getUsers/)

   No Format
   > db.getUsers() [ { "_id" : "admin.bvq", "user" : "bvq", "db" : "admin", "roles" : [ { "role" : "root", "db" : "admin" } ] } ]

   See https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.4/core/security-built-in-roles/ for available roles in MongoDB

Create a user

1. Establish a connection to MongoDB via mongo CLI (see Connect to MongoDB with mongo CLI)
   
   
2. Switch to admin db with use admin
   
   

3. Use db.createUser() to create a new user (see https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.4/reference/method/db.createUser/)

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   > 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" ] } >

   (see https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.4/core/security-built-in-roles/ for available roles in MongoDB)

    

4. List users with db.getUsers() (see List existing users)

   No Format
   > 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" } ] } ] >

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