No role named clusterAdmin

[Priya]

Im new to mongodb. im using mongodb 3.2. I need to monitor my mongodb operations for that the user need clusterAdmin privileges when i set db.grantRolesToUser("test123", [ { role: "clusterAdmin", db: "testdb" } ]) it showing error as Error: No role named clusterAdmin@testdb. What is my mistake?

[Wan Bachtiar]

Hi Priya,

MongoDB provides the built-in database user and database administration roles on every database. The other built-in roles such as cluster administration, backup and restoration and all-database roles are only available on the admin database. See built-in roles for more details.

As per your example, you could modify testdb into admin:

db.grantRolesToUser("test123", [ { role: "clusterAdmin", db: "admin" } ])

You may also find Manage user and roles a useful read.

Kind regards,

Wan.

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