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Manage a Federated Database Instance
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The Atlas Data Federation configuration defines mappings between your data stores and Atlas Data Federation. This section describes the commands you can use to create, update, retrieve, and remove stores, databases, collections, and views in your federated database instance storage configuration.
Administration Commands
Note
Any MongoDB user in the Atlas project with the atlasAdmin role can retrieve and update the federated database instance configuration.
Stores
The MongoDB Shell, mongosh, lets you create, remove, and retrieve stores in
your federated database instance storage configuration using the following commands:
Database
The MongoDB Shell, mongosh, lets you remove a database from your federated database instance storage
configuration using the following commands:
Collections and Views
The MongoDB Shell, mongosh, lets you create, remove, and/or rename collections
and views in your federated database instance storage configuration using the following
commands:
Authentication Options
Data Federation uses SCRAM-SHA, x509, OIDC, and AWS IAM for authentication. It doesn't support LDAP.