Can't use mongodb password on docker install

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@RckHlp

I can’t for the life of me set a password protected connection to mongodb. I know it runs in a container but still, not using a password doesn’t sound right.

Can you access the mongo in the container from outside?

If not then it’s less of an issue.

AFAIA the this is a mongo issue rather than a Rocket.Chat one.

You probably need to create the user/password in the correct collection in mongo DB

eg

How to secure MongoDB with username and password

Once you get it right and have checked the collection etc you can set up Rocket to use it.

Note a search here provided:

MongoDB Authentication

Description Hello, in an effort to make my Rocket.Chat Server more secure, I’d like to enable MongoDB Database Authentication. To achieve that, I changed the /etc/mongod.conf and added security: authorization: "enabled" Then I changed my databases accordingly: use admin show users { "_id" : "admin.rocketchat", "userId" : UUID("a95a7601-493d-4632-8ae5-bbe0358a1381"), "user" : "rocketchat", "db" : "admin", "…

Which linked to this which probably provides your answer:

Connecting to a MongoDB server with authentication enabled

Note - I didn’t know the answer. I just spent some time searching and reading. It is how you can solve most issues…