What does authSource means in mongo database url?

Question

i am trying to connect to my mongo database with following connection string

var Mongo_url = \'mongodb://MyUSer:tech@localhost:27017/chatme?authSource=admin\         


        

Answer 1

This is the name of the database that has the collection with the user credentials.

https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/connection-string/#connections-connection-options

This is where the usernames and passwords are set up.