By Alan Lin
I can make this work without authentication but when I add “authorization: enabled” into /etc/mongod.conf, the mongod.service stops working. Please help.
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Hi @linaizhong
Add the following to /etc/mongodb.conf (I’m expecting you’re using MongoDB 3+)
security:
authorization: enabled
If you already have the security: section, then make sure the second line is indented.
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