Install MongoDb on ec2 and configure authentication for remote access

install_mongodb.md

Install MongoDb on ec2 and configure authentication for remote access

1. Install and start mongo service [official docs]

1.1 Import the public key used by the package management system

wget -qO - https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.4.asc | sudo apt-key add -

1.2 Create a list file for MongoDB

echo "deb [ arch=amd64,arm64 ] https://repo.mongodb.org/apt/ubuntu focal/mongodb-org/4.4 multiverse" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb-org-4.4.list

1.3 Reload local package database

sudo apt update

1.4 Install the MongoDB packages

sudo apt install -y mongodb-org

1.5 Start MongoDB

sudo systemctl start mongod

1.6 Verify that MongoDB has started successfully

sudo systemctl status mongod

1.7 Set MongoDB to start after a system reboot

sudo systemctl enable mongod

2. Create a user

2.1 Start mongo shell

mongo

2.2 Select the admin db (or any other db)

use admin

2.3 Create a new user with admin privilege to all databases (or set privilege to your own use-case)

db.createUser(
  {
    user: "<username>",
    pwd: "<password>",
    roles: [ { role: "userAdminAnyDatabase", db: "admin" }, "readWriteAnyDatabase" ]
  }
)

2.4 Exit out of mongo shell

exit

3. Enable authentication and Remote access

3.1 Specify the config file

sudo mongod --config /etc/mongod.conf

3.2 Edit the mongod config

sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf

3.3 Enable authorization

unser security, add the following:

security:
  authorization: enabled