Create Superuser in mongo

Question

I'm trying to create a user in mongo who can do anything in any db.

According to the guide I created a new admin: http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/add-user-administrator

This is the code:

use admin db.addUser( { user: "try1",               pwd: "hello,               roles: [ "userAdminAnyDatabase" ] } ) 

Then I stopped mongo, enabled the auth and restarted mongo.

Then I tried to create a database with his user.

According with this guide: http://www.mkyong.com/mongodb/how-to-create-database-or-collection-in-mongodb/

use fragola  db.users.save( {username:"fragolino"} ) 

And I get this: "not authorized for insert on fragola.users"

Anyone can help me?

Answer 1

from docs.mongodb.org-superuser-roles

Lets write answer that looks simple & also simple to implement

Steps :

1 : sudo apt-get install mongodb-org - in new terminal

2 : sudo mongod --port 27017 --dbpath /var/lib/mongodb

3 : mongo --port 27017 - in new terminal

4 : use admin

5 : As @drmirror said a user should have all 4 roles to be superuser

For Mongo Version 2.

db.createUser( {     user: "tom",     pwd: "jerry",     roles: [               { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" },               { role: "readWriteAnyDatabase", db: "admin" },               { role: "dbAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" },               { role: "clusterAdmin", db: "admin" }            ] }) 

For Mongo Version 3.

db.createUser(    {        user: "tom",         pwd: "jerry",         roles:["root"]    }) 

6 : sudo /etc/init.d/mongod stop OR sudo service mongod stop - in new terminal

7 : sudo /etc/init.d/mongod start OR sudo service mongod start

8 : restart your pc

9 : sudo mongod --auth --port 27017 --dbpath /var/lib/mongodb - in new terminal

10: mongo --port 27017 -u "tom" -p "jerry" --authenticationDatabase "admin" - in new terminal

Note : step 10 is most important step .

it will give Output on terminal like

MongoDB shell version: 2.6.11 connecting to: 127.0.0.1:27017/test >