How to set authorization in mongodb config file?

Question

I run mongod.exe in server with this option in cmd.exe:

mongod.exe --dbpath=path --auth 

And now, how can I do this in a config file?
my mongod.cfg:

dbpath=D:\Program Files\MongoDB 2.6 Standard\data  security= authorization= enabled 

I get this error :

Error parsing INI config file: unknown option security.

Answer 1

For mongod version 2.4 (ini config file)

auth = true 

https://docs.mongodb.com/v2.4/reference/configuration-options/#auth

For mongod versions 2.6+ (yaml config file)

security:     authorization: enabled 

https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.2/reference/configuration-options/#security.authorization https://docs.mongodb.com/v3.0/reference/configuration-options/#security.authorization https://docs.mongodb.com/v2.6/reference/configuration-options/#security.authorization

Answer 2

mongodb version 3.2

this is the correct config

security:   authorization: "enabled" 

with quotes since the value is a string as per the documentation