Authentication during connection to MongoDB server instance using Java

Question

Is it possible to make something like :

MongoClient mongo = new MongoClient(ip, port, usrName, password)

in JAVA similar to the MongoVUE or other SQL based databases' authentication method.

There the authentication is done during connection to DB instance.

I don't see an appropriate instance method in MongoClient java doc

And the way in Authentication (Optional) Official docs

doesn't fit my goals, because it requires to change all the existing query methods in my application which don't use authentication now.

The way in Authenticate to MongoDB with the Java Driver looks exactly what i need, but there's no com.mongodb.MongoCredential class in mongo 2.10.1 distribution.

How about creating a wrapper for the instantiation of the Mongo client? — Alex Theedom
– Alex Theedom, Commented Feb 18, 2014 at 16:54

Bob Kuhar · Accepted Answer · 2014-02-19 17:09:01Z

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You shouldn't need to change all your existing queries, you should only need to change the logic that establishes your MongoClient. Most applications do this as some sort of Singleton so adding authentication is just a matter of modifying the Singleton. It is a pain-in-the-butt that there isn't a signature that takes just String, String for username password, but its the Mongo Java API, get used to disappointment.

You can either go the MongoURI path which gets you the shortest signature...

MongoClient mongo = new MongoClient(
  new MongoClientURI( "mongodb://app_user:bestPo55word3v3r@localhost/data" )
);

Or go with the more verbose List<MongoCredential> path

List<ServerAddress> seeds = new ArrayList<ServerAddress>();
seeds.add( new ServerAddress( "localhost" );
List<MongoCredential> credentials = new ArrayList<MongoCredential>();
credentials.add(
    MongoCredential.createMongoCRCredential(
        "app_user",
        "data",
        "bestPo55word3v3r".toCharArray()
    )
);
MongoClient mongo = new MongoClient( seeds, credentials );

edited Feb 19, 2014 at 17:09

answered Feb 18, 2014 at 17:05

Bob Kuhar

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rokpoto.com Over a year ago

thanks. Can you say, please, which jar contains definition of MongoCredential type?

Bob Kuhar Over a year ago

MongoClient is in the mongo-java-driver-2.11.3.jar, but the JavaDocs say its been there since 2.10.0. My project gets the JARs through gradle.

rokpoto.com Over a year ago

I'm confused. There's MongoClient, but not MongoCredential in mongo-2.10.1.jar.

Bob Kuhar Over a year ago

Bummer. You're screwed. If you are stuck with 2.10.1 than the MongoClientURI is your only path to Mongo Authentication. Looking again at the JavaDocs, it appears MongoCredential shows up at 2.11.0: api.mongodb.org/java/2.11.3/com/mongodb/MongoCredential.html. We are running 2.11.4 here and do our authentication through MongoCredentials.

Gruber Over a year ago

@Bob Kuhar: What about the port number port in the accepted solution?

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António Ribeiro · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-21 10:36:34Z

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Following on from Bob Kuhar's accepted answer, in Mongo3 the mechanism has change to SHA1 from challenge response as shown in the code snippet. I need to update the code snippet as follows:

...
import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
import com.mongodb.MongoCredential;
import com.mongodb.ServerAddress;
...

// Manage the mongo db connection...
List<ServerAddress> seeds = new ArrayList<ServerAddress>();
seeds.add( new ServerAddress(configuration.getMongoHost(), configuration.getMongoPort() ));
List<MongoCredential> credentials = new ArrayList<MongoCredential>();
credentials.add(
    MongoCredential.createScramSha1Credential(
        configuration.getMongoUser(),
        configuration.getMongoDb(),
        configuration.getMongoPassword().toCharArray()
    )
);
MongoClient mongo = new MongoClient( seeds, credentials );

edited Nov 21, 2016 at 10:36

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answered Mar 29, 2016 at 16:42

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hestellezg · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-14 21:29:36Z

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I needed to connect to multiple HOSTs, but also handle authentication:

Using version 3.12:

List<ServerAddress> seeds = new ArrayList<>();
seeds.add(new ServerAddress("localhost"))

credential = MongoCredential.createScramSha1Credential(
      user,
      db,
      pass.toCharArray()
);

mongoClient = MongoClients.create(
      MongoClientSettings.builder()
           .applyToClusterSettings(builder -> 
                 builder.hosts(seeds))
           .credential(credential)
           .build());

answered Feb 14, 2020 at 21:29

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