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# MongoDB Authentication

Add authentication to MongoDB

These instructions are for Oracle Linux 7. The commands for other distributions will be different. First install and start MongoDB.

```shell
sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/mongodb-org-4.0.repo << EOF
[mongodb-org-4.0]
name=MongoDB Repository
baseurl=https://repo.mongodb.org/yum/redhat/7/mongodb-org/4.0/x86_64/
gpgcheck=1
enabled=1
gpgkey=https://www.mongodb.org/static/pgp/server-4.0.asc
EOF

sudo yum -y install mongodb-org
sudo systemctl start mongod
sudo systemctl enable mongod
```

Then create an `admin` user by first connecting with the mongo cli. Once connected switch to the `admin` database and run the create user command. Change the `PASSWORD` below to a secure random password.

```javascript
mongo
use admin;
db.createUser(
  {
    user: "admin",
    pwd: "PASSWORD",
    roles: [
      "userAdminAnyDatabase",
      "dbAdminAnyDatabase",
      "readWriteAnyDatabase"
    ]
  }
);
```

After the user has been created edit the MongoDB configuration to enable authorization. The net section should be replaced with the section below.

```shell
sudo nano /etc/mongod.conf
security:
  authorization: enabled
```

### Create Pritunl User

Then create a `pritunl` user for the `prituinl` database in the `admin` database. First connect with the mongo cli using the admin account then switch to the `admin` database. Change the `PASSWORD` below to a secure random password. When authenticating from mongo cli tools use `--authenticationDatabase admin`.

**If configuring Pritunl Zero or Pritunl Cloud update the name of the database below.**

```shell
mongo --host subnet.domain.com -u admin --authenticationDatabase admin

use admin;
db.createUser({
  user: "pritunl",
  pwd: "PASSWORD",
  roles: [{role: "dbOwner", db: "pritunl"}]
});
```

Test the new use with the command below.

```shell
mongo --host mongo-test.silicon.red -u pritunl --authenticationDatabase admin pritunl
```

### Connecting to MongoDB

When configuring Pritunl the username, password and ssl option must be added to the MongoDB uri. Such as `mongodb://pritunl:PASSWORD@subnet.domain.com:27017/pritunl?authSource=admin` **If configuring Pritunl Zero or Pritunl Cloud update the name of the database.**

### Authentication Database

If the authentication user is on a different database the `authSource` parameter must be included in the MongoDB uri. Such as `mongodb://pritunl:PASSWORD@subnet.domain.com:27017/pritunl?authSource=admin`


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