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MongoDB Index Builds – Preventing Users From Triggering New Builds

Index builds on MongoDB production clusters need to be handled with the utmost care. We have documented the issues in detail in one of our previous blog posts – The Perils of Building Indexes on MongoDB.

So, how do you prevent your users from accidentally triggering index builds from the MongoDB CLI?

For a primer on how to use MongoDB roles, please refer to the documentation – Manage Users and Roles. The best option to implement this is to create your own custom role and remove the ‘CreateIndex’ privilege for your users.