Helm: can't set mongodb root password from the values

Question

I'm trying to install mongodb and set the root password

I've tried this:

helm install mongo bitnami/mongodb --set mongodbRootPassword=admin123

and this:

helm install mongo bitnami/mongodb -f mongo-values.yaml

while this is my values:

# cat mongo-values.yaml
mongodbRootPassword: admin123

But it looks like mongodbRootPassword is ignored in both cases. this is how i try to get my root password:

# kubectl get secret --namespace default mongo-mongodb -o jsonpath="{.data.mongodb-root-password}" | base64 --decode
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Answer 1

From the docs use auth.rootPassword instead of mongodbRootPassword. mongodbRootPassword is for mongodb from stable chart and not for mongodb from bitnami

helm install my-release \
--set auth.rootPassword=secretpassword,auth.username=my-user,auth.password=my-password,auth.database=my-database \
bitnami/mongodb

The above command sets the MongoDB root account password to secretpassword. Additionally, it creates a standard database user named my-user, with the password my-password, who has access to a database named my-database