keyFile : sharding with authentication

Kondaiah

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May 12, 2012, 10:33:35 AM5/12/12

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Hi All,

Can anybode explain about keyFile and its usage. Also please tell me
what are the things need to put in that.

thanks in advance...

Eliot Horowitz

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May 12, 2012, 10:18:53 PM5/12/12

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Have you read this:
http://www.mongodb.org/display/DOCS/Replica+Set+Authentication

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Adam C

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May 14, 2012, 7:48:10 AM5/14/12

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As Eliot mentioned, the docs explain it pretty well - in case it is not clear from the docs, the keyfile content is just treated as a string of text and used as a password between the various MongoDB processes, similar to a shared secret.

Adam.

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