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Mastering MongoDB 7.0 - Fourth Edition

By : Marko Aleksendrić, Arek Borucki, Leandro Domingues, Malak Abu Hammad, Elie Hannouch, Rajesh Nair, Rachelle Palmer
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Mastering MongoDB 7.0 - Fourth Edition

By: Marko Aleksendrić, Arek Borucki, Leandro Domingues, Malak Abu Hammad, Elie Hannouch, Rajesh Nair, Rachelle Palmer

Overview of this book

Mastering MongoDB 7.0 explores the latest version of MongoDB, an exceptional NoSQL database solution that aligns with the needs of modern web applications. This book starts with an informative overview of MongoDB’s architecture and developer tools, guiding you through the process of connecting to databases seamlessly. This MongoDB book explores advanced queries in detail, including aggregation pipelines and multi-document ACID transactions. It delves into the capabilities of the MongoDB Atlas developer data platform and the latest features, such as Atlas Vector Search, and their role in AI applications, enabling developers to build applications with the scalability and performance that today’s organizations need. It also covers the creation of resilient search functionality using MongoDB Atlas Search. Mastering MongoDB 7.0’s deep coverage of advanced techniques encompasses everything from role-based access control (RBAC) to user management, auditing practices, and encryption across data, network, and storage layers. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills necessary to create efficient, secure, and high-performing applications using MongoDB. You’ll have the confidence to undertake complex queries, integrate robust applications, and ensure data security to overcome modern data challenges.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
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Chapter 4: Connecting to MongoDB

Security

When using MongoDB, database security is of utmost importance. Fortunately, it offers easy installation and other benefits such as encryption to protect your data in-transit (SSL/TLS) and at rest, auditing to track executed operations, and so on. This chapter will cover the key aspects of choosing and correctly implementing the types of authentications and authorizations that exist in MongoDB. You'll also look at how role-based access control (RBAC) works, and how you can effectively manage users in your database environment.

MongoDB offers mechanisms for controlling access and functions that a user can perform. You can imagine these mechanisms as a tripod composed of different authentication methods, types of authorization, and user management. Authentication identifies the user accessing the database (who), while authorization determines the user's allowed actions in the database (what). These actions include data operations (read, insert, update, delete), instance...