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--- mongo_config_auth [2019/10/18 11:04] – external edit 127.0.0.1
+++ mongo_config_auth [2019/10/30 17:29] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 This command will create you a user called adminDBA in database: admin (important) and grant him all rights.
 =====Enable Authentication=====
-To enable authentication you should start the Mongo in special way, as follows:
+Authentication in Mongo is disabled by default. Meaning everyone can connect to the database who has access to the server.
+Furthermore to enable authentication it depends on the version.
+To enable authentication <= 2.6: you should start the Mongo in special way, as follows:
+====For Version 2.6 or less====
 <sxh bash>
 ===Stop===
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 forked process: 3931
 child process started successfully, parent exiting
+</sxh>
+Or you can enable it in the configuration file:
+<sxh bash>
+auth = true
+</sxh>
+====For versions 2.8 or higher====
+To enable authentcation > 2.6
+You can edit the /etc/mongod.conf file as follows:
+<sxh bash>
+security:
+  authorization: "enabled"
 </sxh>