Creating users and roles in MongoDB - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to create a new user with read-only access to the 'sales' database.

MongoDB

db.createUser({ user: "readonlyUser", pwd: "password123", roles: [ { role: [1], db: "sales" } ] })

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AreadWrite

BdbAdmin

Cread

DuserAdmin

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Common Mistakes

Choosing 'readWrite' which allows writing, not just reading.

Using 'dbAdmin' which is for database administration, not just reading.

The read role grants read-only access to the specified database.

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medium

Complete the code to create a role that allows users to read and write on the 'inventory' database.

MongoDB

db.createRole({ role: "inventoryManager", privileges: [], roles: [ { role: [1], db: "inventory" } ] })

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AreadWrite

BclusterAdmin

CdbAdmin

Dread

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Selecting 'read' which does not allow writing.

Choosing 'clusterAdmin' which is for cluster-wide administration.

The readWrite role allows both reading and writing data on the specified database.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to create a user with the 'userAdmin' role on the 'admin' database.

MongoDB

db.createUser({ user: "adminUser", pwd: "securePass", roles: [ { role: [1], db: "admin" } ] })

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AreadWrite

Bread

CdbOwner

DuserAdmin

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'readWrite' which does not grant user management permissions.

Choosing 'read' which only allows reading data.

The userAdmin role allows managing users and roles on the specified database.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a role 'reportViewer' that can read data and run aggregation on the 'reports' database.

MongoDB

db.createRole({ role: "reportViewer", privileges: [ { resource: { db: "reports", collection: "" }, actions: [ [1], [2] ] } ], roles: [] })

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Afind

Baggregate

Cinsert

Dremove

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Choosing 'insert' or 'remove' which allow modifying data.

Missing the 'aggregate' action needed for aggregation.

The find action allows reading data, and aggregate allows running aggregation operations.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a user 'dataAnalyst' with a custom role that allows reading and running aggregation on the 'analytics' database.

MongoDB

db.createRole({ role: [1], privileges: [ { resource: { db: [2], collection: "" }, actions: [ "find", "aggregate" ] } ], roles: [] }); db.createUser({ user: "dataAnalyst", pwd: "pass456", roles: [ { role: [1], db: [2] } ] })

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AanalyticsReader

Banalytics

Cread

DreadWrite

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Common Mistakes

Using built-in roles instead of the custom role name.

Mismatching the database name between user and role creation.

The custom role analyticsReader is created on the analytics database with read and aggregate privileges. The user is assigned this role.