shell commands in mongo inside Docker fails for Authentication

Question

I am trying to run some shell commands in mongo which is inside docker container.

docker exec -it mongodb_mock  bash

It opens the mongo shell. but when I run any command in this it gives authentication error:

    > show dbs
2018-08-28T10:12:12.755+0000 E QUERY    [thread1] Error: listDatabases failed:{
    "ok" : 0,
    "errmsg" : "not authorized on admin to execute command { listDatabases: 1.0 }",
    "code" : 13,
    "codeName" : "Unauthorized"
} :
_getErrorWithCode@src/mongo/shell/utils.js:25:13
Mongo.prototype.getDBs@src/mongo/shell/mongo.js:62:1
shellHelper.show@src/mongo/shell/utils.js:781:19
shellHelper@src/mongo/shell/utils.js:671:15
@(shellhelp2):1:1

Please help.

EDIT: This db is created through mongoose/express, from another container.

you ran mongod deamon with --auth option so you should authorize with admin user then only you can perform any query — Ashok Reddy
– Ashok Reddy, Commented Aug 28, 2018 at 10:25

Ashok Reddy · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-28 10:39:27Z

2

first you need to authorize db with user, below is example command

use admin;
db.auth('admin','password');

then your able to run all querys. or start mongod without --auth parameter so you no need user authentication.

edited Aug 28, 2018 at 10:39

answered Aug 28, 2018 at 10:27

Ashok Reddy

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raju Over a year ago

> db.auth("admin", "admin") Error: Authentication failed.

Ashok Reddy Over a year ago

please check username and password are correct? and replace double quotes with single quote, i have added another command

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