MongoDB Tutorial 0/120 lessons ~6 min read Lesson 77“Document-first database engineering”

Authentication

Authentication proves who is connecting.

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Focus

2 guided sections

Practice signal

Concept-first lesson

Career prep

Foundation builder

Introduction

Authentication proves who is connecting. MongoDB supports SCRAM (default), x.509 certs, LDAP, Kerberos and OIDC. Atlas adds passwordless cloud-provider auth.

Syntax reference

db.createUser({
  user: "appUser",
  pwd: passwordPrompt(),
  roles: [{ role: "readWrite", db: "shop" }]
});

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