Administering the MongoDB service
Service configuration
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Administering with MongoDB Ops Manager | Instance administrator | If you created a MongoDB database deployment in your IBM Cloud Pak for Data cluster, you can access the MongoDB Ops Manager to complete common tasks such as managing the users that have access to the database or configuring your MongoDB nodes. |
Database configuration
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Giving users access to MongoDB databases | Instance administrator | By default, only the user who creates the database has access to the database. This user is the First Ops Manager user and must give other users access to the database. |
| Configuring TLS for a MongoDB database | Instance administrator |
To encrypt connections to your MongoDB database instance, you need to first enable TLS in the MongoDB Ops Manager custom resource and then enable TLS in the database's custom resource. |
Security
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Exporting IBM® Software Hub audit records to a security information and event management solution | Not supported |
Resource management
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Manually scaling resources for services | Not supported | |
| Automatically scaling resources for services | Not supported | |
| Shutting down and restarting services | Not supported |
Backup and restore
| Task | Required permissions | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Backing up and restoring IBM Software Hub | Cluster administrator | Choose the correct method to back up and restore IBM Software Hub. |
| Configuring backup with the MongoDB Ops Manager | Cluster administrator |
By default, backing up data is disabled for the MongoDB Ops Manager. |
| Restoring data from a MongoDB backup | Cluster administrator | You can perform backup and restore procedures for MongoDB instances after configuring Ops Manager to enable backups . |