Enabling Security on a MongoDB Installation for Admin Tools for ArcGIS Enterprise Environment (for Versions Before 7.0)

In Command Prompt, navigate to the MongoDB installation directory with mongo.exe, the default is
cd /D "C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\5.0\bin"

Type mongo from this directory in the command prompt to start the mongo shell. (Note: if you are already using authentication with mongo, you will need to log in with administrator credentials.)

Type:
use AdminTools2

Copy and paste in the following lines:
db.createUser({"user": "admintoolsdb", "pwd":"yourpassword", roles: [{ role: "dbAdmin", db: "AdminTools2" }]})
db.grantRolesToUser("admintoolsdb", [ { role: "readWrite", db: "AdminTools2" } ])

Type exit to leave the mongo shell.

To enable mongoDB with authentication, edit the file in the default mongo installation directory C:\Program Files\MongoDB\Server\5.0\bin\mongod.cfg

Find the line starting with #security and paste the following lines underneath it:
security:
    authorization: enabled

Save the file and close.

In the Admin Tools directory, edit the file called: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\admintools\app-server\config\nodeconfig.json

Edit the “url” line to read:
"url": "mongodb://admintoolsdb:yourpassword@localhost:27017/AdminTools2",

Save the file and close.

Open Windows Services and restart the “MongoDB Server” windows service.

Restart the “Admin Tools Server” windows service.