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Once you have logged on to mi-linux.wlv.ac.uk you can then access MongoDB

Starting MongoDB

MongoDB can be started in several ways:

First time

Once logged in, to start MongoDB run either the following command:

runMongo

This runs with a default password, that should be changed when you first login (see below).

With Password

Once you have changed your password:

runMongo yourPassword

Using mongo directly

runMongo is a script file setup for your convenience that runs the mongo command and logs you into your own database.

If you need to change any of the mongo options for any reason, you will need to run mongo directly:

mongo dbYourStudentNumber --port 27017 -u yourStudentNumber  -p yourMongoPassword -whatever_options_are_required

For example, if yourStudentNumber is 1612345 and MongoDB password is myMongoPwd then you would login as:

mongo db1612345  --port 27017 -u 1612345 -p myMongoPwd -whatever_options_are_required

Changing Password

Once you have logged into MongoDB successfully you can change the default password:

db.updateUser("myStudentNumber",
{
    pwd: "myNewPassword",
 }
);

Replacing myStudentNumber with your University student number and myNewPassword with your new password.

Note, the function names in MongoDB are case sensitive.

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