From aacf078812ed50566024e1fa022006043aa2360b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: MAXOUXAX <24844231+MAXOUXAX@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:13:01 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] docs: improved readability for MongoDB readme

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 database/nosql/mongodb/README.md | 19 +++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/database/nosql/mongodb/README.md b/database/nosql/mongodb/README.md
index 931de79b..4dcf9797 100644
--- a/database/nosql/mongodb/README.md
+++ b/database/nosql/mongodb/README.md
@@ -14,19 +14,30 @@ By default, MongoDB **does not enforce access control**, meaning that even if yo
 
 > :warning: This is why we recommend to expose your MongoDB database only to your local network, if possible
 
+### Enabling authentication
+
+To enable authentification, you need to edit the following lines to your `mongod.conf` file:
+
+```yaml
+security:
+  authorization: "enabled"
+```
+
+> :closed_lock_with_key: To learn more about MongoDB security, you can read the [MongoDB Security Checklist](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/administration/security-checklist/#security-checklist)
+
 ### Notes specific to the MongoDB 6 egg
 
-The [MongoDB 6 egg](./egg-mongo-d-b6.json) enables access control by default in the `mongod.conf` file, meaning that even if people will be able to connect to your database as guests, [they will not be able to perform any operation, apart from nonhazardous commands](https://dba.stackexchange.com/a/292175)
+**The [MongoDB 6 egg](./egg-mongo-d-b6.json) enables access control by default** in the `mongod.conf` file, meaning that even if people will be able to connect to your database as guests, [they will not be able to perform any operation, apart from nonhazardous commands](https://dba.stackexchange.com/a/292175)
 
-### :warning: If you know what you are doing, and you really want to disable access control, you can do so by editing the `mongod.conf` file
+### Disabling authentication
+
+**If you know what you are doing** and want to explicitly disable access control, you can edit the following lines to your `mongod.conf` file:
 
 ```yaml
 security:
   authorization: "disabled"
 ```
 
-> To learn more about MongoDB security, you can read the [MongoDB Security Checklist](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/administration/security-checklist/#security-checklist)
-
 ## Minimum RAM warning
 
 MongoDB requires approximately 1GB of RAM per 100.000 assets. If the system has to start swapping memory to disk, this will have a severely negative impact on performance, and should be avoided.