Better solutions for furthering:
https://blog.madisonhub.org/setting-up-a-mongodb-server-with-auth-on-docker/ https://docs.mongodb.com/v2.6/tutorial/add-user-administrator/
Here's what I did for the same problem, and it worked.
Run the mongo docker instance on your server
docker run -d -p 27017:27017 -v ~/dataMongo:/data/db mongo
Open bash on the running docker instance.
docker ps
CONTAINER IDIMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
b07599e429fb mongo "docker-entrypoint..." 35 minutes ago Up 35 minutes 0.0.0.0:27017->27017/tcp musing_stallman
docker exec -it b07599e429fb bash
root@b07599e429fb:/#
Enter the mongo shell by typing mongo.
root@b07599e429fb:/# mongo
For this example, I will set up a user named ian and give that user read & write access to the cool_db database.
> use cool_db
> db.createUser({
user: 'ian',
pwd: 'secretPassword',
roles: [{ role: 'readWrite', db:'cool_db'}]
})
Reference: https://ianlondon.github.io/blog/mongodb-auth/ (First point only)
Exit from mongod shell and bash.
Stop the docker instance using the below command.
docker stop mongo
Now run the mongo docker with auth enabled.
docker run -d -p 27017:27017 -v ~/dataMongo:/data/db mongo mongod --auth
Reference: How to enable authentication on MongoDB through Docker? (Usman Ismail's answer to this question)
I was able to connect to the instance running on a Google Cloud server from my local windows laptop using the below command.
mongo <ip>:27017/cool_db -u ian -p secretPassword
Reference: how can I connect to a remote mongo server from Mac OS terminal