How can I restart mongodb with --auth option in Ubuntu 10.04?

Question

Well, restarting works with stop and start command, but I cannot seem to execute the mongodb command with --auth option.

root@random:/home/random/public_html# mongodb stop root@random:/home/random/public_html# start mongodb --auth start: invalid option: --auth root@random:/home/random/public_html# start mongodb mongodb start/running, process 29473 root@random:/home/random/public_html# 

How can I start mongodb with --auth option?

Answer 1

Edit /etc/mongod.conf and add a line like this:

auth=true 

Then:

service mongod restart 

See this page for more configuration options: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/File+Based+Configuration

For MongoDB latest versions 3.x above code wont work, below code in mongod.conf if you are using mongodb 3.x

security:    authorization: enabled 

Answer 2

If you are using MongoDB 3, setting auth = true wont work. You will instead need the following in your /etc/mongod.conf

security:    authorization: enabled