# MongoDB Admin

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<summary>Set/reset admin password</summary>

1. Make sure authentication is disabled in `/etc/mongod.conf` by setting `security authorization: disabled` or comment it out.
2. Restart MongoDB using `sudo service mongod restart`
3. Access the mongo shell commands using the terminal command `mongosh` this will start an interactive shell session.
4. Type `db.getSiblingDB("admin").changeUserPassword("root", "PASSWORD")` and change PASSWORD to your choice, please use a random password with special characters.
5. Type `exit` to exit the mongo shell.
6. Enable authentication in `/etc/mongod.conf` by setting `security authorization: enabled`
7. Restart MongoDB again `sudo service mongod restart`

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<summary>Mongo shell authentication</summary>

If authentication is enabled you need to login to mongodb in the terminal using this.

`mongosh -u root -p PASSWORD`&#x20;

Replace PASSWORD with the root mongo password.

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<summary>Add user to database</summary>

1. Login to your mongodb using `mongosh -u root -p PASSWORD`
2. Change USER to username and both DATABASE to your database name.
3. `db.getSiblingDB("admin").grantRolesToUser( "USER", [ { role: "dbAdmin", db: "DATABASE" }, { role: "readWrite", db: "DATABASE" } ] )`

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