Question

Well, restarting works with stop and start command, but I cannot seem to execute the mongodb command with –auth option.

root@random:/home/random/public_html# mongodb stop
root@random:/home/random/public_html# start mongodb --auth
start: invalid option: --auth
root@random:/home/random/public_html# start mongodb
mongodb start/running, process 29473
root@random:/home/random/public_html#

How can I start mongodb with –auth option?

Answer 1

Edit /etc/mongod.conf and add a line like this:

auth=true

Then:

service mongod restart

See this page for more configuration options: http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/File+Based+Configuration

For MongoDB latest versions 3.x above code wont work, below code in mongod.conf if you are using mongodb 3.x

security:
   authorization: enabled