July 2017 Summaries

This tutorial introduces Mongoose, a popular Object-Document Mapper (ODM) for MongoDB, to a Node.js and Restify API. It guides developers through the steps needed to modify their API by integrating Mongoose, which provides a straightforward schema-based solution for modeling application data on top of MongoDB's native drivers. The tutorial covers the basics of Mongoose schemas and models, route creation, and entry point setup. By following this tutorial, developers can simplify writing MongoDB functionality as a layer on top of their API and gain experience with using an ODM like Mongoose.

{{ "Configure LDAP Authentication for MongoDB" }} Configuring LDAP authentication for MongoDB involves several steps including setting up TLS/SSL on the MongoDB server and the AD server, exporting the Root CA certificates from the AD server, configuring LDAPS (LDAP over SSL) on the Linux server, creating user administrative roles in MongoDB, editing the MongoDB configuration file to use the AD server for authentication, transforming incoming usernames for authentication via AD, configuring query credentials, and finally creating roles and users for Mini-clinic. The goal of this process is to enable secure authentication between MongoDB and Windows Active Directory (AD) using LDAP.