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atlas projects apiKeys create

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  • Syntax
  • Options
  • Inherited Options
  • Output
  • Examples

Create an organization API key and assign it to your project.

MongoDB returns the private API key only once. After you run this command, immediately copy, save, and secure both the public and private API keys.

To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project User Admin role.

Syntax

Command Syntax
atlas projects apiKeys create [options]

Options

Name
Type
Required
Description

--desc

string

true

Description of the API key.

-h, --help

false

help for create

-o, --output

string

false

Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. To see the full output, use the -o json option.

--projectId

string

false

Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.

--role

strings

true

Role or roles that you want to assign to the API key. To assign more than one role, specify each role with a separate role flag or specify all of the roles as a comma-separated list using one role flag. To learn which values the CLI accepts, see the Items Enum for roles in the Atlas API spec: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/v2/#tag/Programmatic-API-Keys/operation/createProjectApiKey/.

Inherited Options

Name
Type
Required
Description

-P, --profile

string

false

Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-save-connection-settings.

Output

If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.

API Key '<Id>' created.
Public API Key <PublicKey>
Private API Key <PrivateKey>

Examples

# Create an organization API key with the GROUP_OWNER role and assign it to the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas projects apiKeys create --desc "My API key" --projectId 5e1234c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --role GROUP_OWNER --output json

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