Lost MongoDB Root Password

samliew94
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10 months ago

Project ID: 09bfaafb-33a7-48fe-b38c-677ca286d82e/service/3ee2d273-484d-4f5d-839c-138b723e0bf6

Hi. Is there a way to recover the original MONGOPASSWORD Variable value?

I thought changing the Variable values for MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME & MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD would change the MongoDB actual root username and password as well, which it didn't.

So now I've lost the original password and can no longer access the DB.

The DB isn't empty and I got no backup in place.

I tried disabling authentication via custom start command with [docker-entrypoint.sh](docker-entrypoint.sh) mongod --noauth --ipv6 --bind_ip ::,0.0.0.0, but I get error initialization failed.

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10 months ago

Can yky show us the full error?


samliew94
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10 months ago

this is when I restarted the MongoDB container with --noauth flag

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10 months ago

did you change the startcommand?


10 months ago

is that how youre doing it


samliew94
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10 months ago

yes, because I lost the root password & am trying to access the MongoDB without authenticating


samliew94
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10 months ago

so i thought of restarting the MongoDB container with authentication disabled


samliew94
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10 months ago

this is original:
[docker-entrypoint.sh](docker-entrypoint.sh) mongod --ipv6 --bind_ip ::,0.0.0.0

this is what I tried (disabling authentication):

[docker-entrypoint.sh](docker-entrypoint.sh) mongod --noauth --ipv6 --bind_ip ::,0.0.0.0


10 months ago

is --noauth the correct flag?


samliew94
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10 months ago

I think so, it's in the mongod documentation

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10 months ago

currently the default?


10 months ago

can you show the content of the docker-entrypint.sh


samliew94
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10 months ago

or do you know of any way to recover the password or access the MongoDB data?

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samliew94
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10 months ago

[docker-entrypoint.sh](docker-entrypoint.sh) mongod --ipv6 --bind_ip ::,0.0.0.0

this is the default


10 months ago

what is in the docker-entrypoint.sh


samliew94
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10 months ago

I don't quite follow


samliew94
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10 months ago

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10 months ago

docker-entrypint.sh is a shell script


10 months ago

wait ur probably just using the mongodb tyemplate one sec


10 months ago

nevermind im lostr


samliew94
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10 months ago

yes.


samliew94
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10 months ago

I suppose this in Railway's context is a template

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samliew94
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10 months ago

I changed this value without saving the original, thinking that this overrides MongoDB's internal password, which it didn't

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samliew94
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10 months ago

so now I'm locked out from my own database


10 months ago

have you tried using the one in the value of MONGOPASSWORD


10 months ago

or just making them both the same value


samliew94
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10 months ago

both have the same values


10 months ago

I have replied to your help station post.


samliew94
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10 months ago

Hi. Yes I did indeed log the full MONGO_URL before hiding it. So if I could trace back the logs that would help.

but seems like I can't go back any further than Sep 06


samliew94
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10 months ago

The logs that I need to trace back are probably somewhere in Aug


10 months ago

hello, i did not mention any logs, as i mentioned, please check your project activity


samliew94
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10 months ago

Thank you so much, Brody!! I have found the ori password with this


10 months ago

awsome!