Mongo Atlas: Connection authentication failed with custom databases

Question

I am trying the Mongo Atlas Cloud. I create a cluster and i am trying a connection with the mongo shell: (same problem with mongo drivers)

mongo mongodb://***-cl         


        

Answer 1

You authenticate with the admin database. From there you can switch the database.

When connecting using Mongo drivers, your connection string needs add the auth source:

/any_database?authSource=admin&replicaSet=xyz