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@@ -121,6 +121,33 @@ Number of charts depends on mongodb version, storage engine and other features (
26. **Replication set member heartbeat latency**
* member (time when last heartbeat was received from replica set member)
+### prerequisite
+Create a read-only user for the netdata in the admin database.
+
+1. Authenticate as the admin user.
+
+```
+use admin
+db.auth("admin", "<MONGODB_ADMIN_PASSWORD>")
+```
+
+2. Create a user.
+
+```
+# MongoDB 2.x.
+db.addUser("netdata", "<UNIQUE_PASSWORD>", true)
+
+# MongoDB 3.x or higher.
+db.createUser({
+ "user":"netdata",
+ "pwd": "<UNIQUE_PASSWORD>",
+ "roles" : [
+ {role: 'read', db: 'admin' },
+ {role: 'clusterMonitor', db: 'admin'},
+ {role: 'read', db: 'local' }
+ ]
+})
+```
### configuration
@@ -139,3 +166,5 @@ local:
If no configuration is given, module will attempt to connect to mongodb daemon on `127.0.0.1:27017` address
---
+
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