MongoDB connect with credentials

Question

I've been using MongoDB for a little while now. I've always managed to connect without using a username and password (on 2 servers I setup Mongo on).

I now want to change this so username and password has to be used. So far, I created a user in the admin database with the userAdminAnyDatabase role. I can see the user is in there.

Next I try to make my connection and test it:

mongoose.connect("mongodb://username:password@localhost:8080/MEAN");

var conn = mongoose.connection;             

conn.on("error", function(err){
  console.log(err);
});

I've not put in my real username and password there of course. With this, I get the following error: [Error: connection closed]

What's going wrong here?

@HelioSantos Haha no, I've obviously not posted the real credentials for security reasons — CaribouCode, Feb 23 '15 at 14:06
start `mongo` instance usind `--auth` mode, or set `auth=true` in `mongo.conf` — itzMEonTV, Feb 23 '15 at 14:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 23 '15 at 14:12

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If you want to connect with credentials, start mongo mongo instance using --auth

sudo mongod --dbpath=/your/db/path --auth

or

in /etc/mongodb.conf, set

auth=true

Then restart service

sudo service mongodb restart

answered Feb 23 '15 at 14:12

itzMEonTV

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Thanks for your help. On my local version of Mongo (Mac Yosemite) I don't seem to have the mongodb.conf file in the /etc/ directory (although I can see it on another server I have it installed). – CaribouCode Feb 23 '15 at 14:15
i mean whereever `mongo` configuration file :) – itzMEonTV Feb 23 '15 at 14:16
Ah yes I found it in `/usr/local/etc/mongod.conf`. Thanks I'll try this now. – CaribouCode Feb 23 '15 at 14:17
Trying to restart Mongo, I get this error: `sudo: service: command not found` – CaribouCode Feb 23 '15 at 14:21
which os are you using? – itzMEonTV Feb 23 '15 at 14:25
OSX Yosemite, Macbook – CaribouCode Feb 23 '15 at 14:27
i dont knw how you run `mongod` in it.Check http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8495293/whats-a-clean-way-to-stop-mongod-on-mac-os-x – itzMEonTV Feb 23 '15 at 14:29
Did you check `brew services list` if installed via `brew` – itzMEonTV Feb 23 '15 at 14:31
OK that helped. Now I'm editing mongod.conf. It currently looks like this: `systemLog: destination: file path: /usr/local/var/log/mongodb/mongo.log logAppend: true storage: dbPath: /usr/local/var/mongodb net: bindIp: 127.0.0.1` Do I just add `auth=true` to the bottom? – CaribouCode Feb 23 '15 at 14:45
Let us [continue this discussion in chat](http://chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/71505/discussion-between-latheef-itzmeontv-and-coop). – itzMEonTV Feb 23 '15 at 14:59

MongoDB connect with credentials

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