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19 changes: 10 additions & 9 deletions source/administration/configuration.txt
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Expand Up @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ following explanation:
.. note::

UNIX-like systems require superuser privileges to attach processes
to ports lower than 1000.
to ports lower than 1024.

- :setting:`quiet` is ``true``. This disables all but
the most critical entries in output/log file. In normal operation
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.. code-block:: cfg

bind_ip = 127.0.0.1,10.8.0.10,192.168.4.24
bind_ip = 127.0.0.1,192.0.2.6,198.51.100.85
nounixsocket = true
auth = true

Consider the following explanation for these configuration decisions:

- ":setting:`bind_ip`" has three values: ``127.0.0.1``, the localhost
interface; ``10.8.0.10``, a private IP address typically used for
local networks and VPN interfaces; and ``192.168.4.24``, a private
network interface typically used for local networks.
interface; ``192.0.2.6``, an example private IP address which could
be used for local networks and VPN interfaces; and
``198.51.100.85``, another example of a private network interface
which could be used for local networks.

Because production MongoDB instances need to be accessible from
multiple database servers, it is important to bind MongoDB to
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -217,11 +218,11 @@ configuration option:

configsvr = true

bind_ip = 10.8.0.12
bind_ip = 192.0.2.6
port = 27001

This creates a config server running on the private IP address
``10.8.0.12`` on port ``27001``. Make sure that there are no port
This creates a config server running on IP address ``192.0.2.6``
on port ``27001``. Make sure that there are no port
conflicts, and that your config server is accessible from all of your
":program:`mongos`" and ":program:`mongod`" instances.

Expand All @@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ Finally, to establish the cluster, configure at least one

.. code-block:: cfg

configdb = 10.8.0.12:27001
configdb = 192.0.2.6:27001
chunkSize = 64

You can specify multiple :setting:`configdb` instances by
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