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-# 📘 Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
+# 📘 Role-based Access Control (RBAC)
-Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in MongoDB provides fine-grained access control for your database. It allows you to grant users specific privileges on databases, collections, and operations.
+Role-based access control (RBAC) in MongoDB provides fine-grained access control for your database. It allows you to grant users specific privileges on databases, collections, and operations.
-## Understanding RBAC Components
+## Understanding RBAC components
### Roles
A role consists of:
-- Privileges (actions allowed on resources)
-- Roles (other roles from which this role inherits privileges)
+- Privileges (actions allowed on resources).
+- Roles (other roles from which this role inherits privileges).
-### Built-in Roles in Atlas
+### Built-in roles in Atlas
-1. **Organization Roles (examples)**
+1. **Organization roles (examples)**
- `Organization Owner`
- `Organization Member`
- `Organization Read Only`
-For all roles see this [Documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/user-roles/#std-label-user-roles).
+For all roles, see the [documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/user-roles/#std-label-user-roles).
-2. **Project Roles (examples)**
+2. **Project roles (examples)**
- `Project Owner`
- `Project Data Access Admin`
- `Project Data Access Read/Write`
- `Project Read Only`
-For more project level roles see this [Documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/user-roles/#project-roles).
+For more project-level roles, see the [documentation](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/user-roles/#project-roles).
-### Managing Roles in Atlas
+### Managing roles in Atlas
```shell
## Using Atlas CLI to create a user with specific roles
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ atlas dbusers update dataAdmin \
--projectId your-project-id
```
-### Custom Roles Example
+### Custom roles example
```
## Create a custom role for sales data access
@@ -66,24 +66,24 @@ atlas dbusers create --username readOnlyUser --password readOnlyPass --role
-### Built-in Roles in MongoDB
+### Built-in roles in MongoDB
-1. **Database User Roles**
+1. **Database user roles**
- `read`
- `readWrite`
-2. **Database Administration Roles**
+2. **Database administration roles**
- `dbAdmin`
- `dbOwner`
- `userAdmin`
-3. **Cluster Administration Roles**
+3. **Cluster administration roles**
- `clusterAdmin`
- `clusterManager`
- `clusterMonitor`
- `hostManager`
-### Managing Roles
+### Managing roles
```javascript
// Create an admin user
@@ -113,17 +113,17 @@ db.createRole({
-## Role Management Best Practices
+## Role management best practices
-1. **Project-Level Access Control**
- - Use Project roles for team-based access
+1. **Project-level access control**
+ - Use project roles for team-based access
- Implement separate projects for development/production
- Regular audit of project members
-2. **API Access**
+2. **API access**
- Use programmatic API keys with appropriate roles
- Rotate API keys regularly
- Monitor API key usage
@@ -139,12 +139,12 @@ atlas organizations apiKeys create \
-1. **Role Hierarchy**
+1. **Role hierarchy**
- Design role hierarchy based on job functions
- Use role inheritance to maintain consistency
- Document role relationships
-2. **Monitoring and Auditing**
+2. **Monitoring and auditing**
- Enable audit logging for role changes
- Regular review of role assignments
- Document all role modifications
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ db.setParameter({
-## Practical Examples
+## Practical examples
-### Application-Specific Roles
+### Application-specific roles
```javascript
// Create read-only analytics role
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ Database user 'analyst' successfully created.
-### Application-Specific Roles
+### Application-specific roles
```javascript
// Create a custom role for order processing
@@ -218,6 +218,6 @@ db.createUser({
-## Next Steps
+## Next steps
-After understanding RBAC, lets do a [challenge](./challenge/rbac) to test our knowledge.
\ No newline at end of file
+After understanding RBAC, let's do a [challenge](./challenge/rbac) to test our knowledge.