How to create user in mongodb with docker-compose

Question

I\'m trying to create some kind of script that will create a docker with mongodb and automatically create a user.

I can usually manage my docker images with docker-c

Answer 1

EDIT: tutumcloud repository is deprecated and no longer maintained, see other answers

I suggest that you use environment variables to set mongo user, database and password. tutum (owned by Docker) published a very good image

https://github.com/tutumcloud/mongodb

docker run -d -p 27017:27017 -p 28017:28017 -e MONGODB_USER="user" -e MONGODB_DATABASE="mydatabase" -e MONGODB_PASS="mypass" tutum/mongodb

You may convert these variables into docker-compose environments variables. You don't have to hard code it.

environment:
    MONGODB_USER: "${db_user_env}"
    MONGODB_DATABASE: "${dbname_env}"
    MONGODB_PASS: "${db_pass}"

This configuration will read from your session's environment variables.