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atlas clusters create
Create a cluster for your project.
To get started quickly, specify a name for your cluster, a cloud provider, and a region to deploy a three-member replica set with the latest MongoDB server version. For full control of your deployment, or to create multi-cloud clusters, provide a JSON configuration file with the --file flag.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key that has the Project Owner role.
Syntax
atlas clusters create [name] [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | false | Name of the cluster. The cluster name cannot be changed after the cluster is created. Cluster name can contain ASCII letters, numbers, and hyphens. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--backup | false | Flag that enables Continuous Cloud Backup for your deployment. This option is unavailable for clusters smaller than M10. | |
--biConnector | false | Flag that enables BI Connector for Atlas on the deployment. | |
--diskSizeGB | float | false | Capacity, in gigabytes, of the host's root volume. This value defaults to 2. |
--enableTerminationProtection | false | Enables termination protection for your cluster. You can't delete a cluster with termination protection enabled. | |
-f, --file | string | false | Path to an optional JSON configuration file that defines cluster settings. To learn more about configuration files for the Atlas CLI, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/cli/stable/cluster-config-file/. To learn more about configuration files for MongoCLI, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/mongocli/stable/reference/mms-cluster-settings-file/. |
-h, --help | false | help for create | |
--mdbVersion | string | false | Major MongoDB version of the cluster. |
-m, --members | int | false | Number of members in the replica set. This value defaults to 3. |
-o, --output | string | false | Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
--provider | string | false | Name of your cloud service provider. Valid values are AWS, AZURE, or GCP. |
-r, --region | string | false | Physical location of your MongoDB cluster. For a complete list of supported AWS regions, see: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/amazon-aws/. For a complete list of supported Azure regions, see: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/microsoft-azure/#microsoft-azure. For a complete list of supported GCP regions, see: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/google-gcp/.. |
-s, --shards | int | false | Number of shards in the cluster. This value defaults to 1. |
--tier | string | false | Tier for each data-bearing server in the cluster. To learn more about cluster tiers, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/manage-clusters/#select-cluster-tier. This value defaults to "M2". |
--type | string | false | Type of the cluster that you want to create. Valid values are REPLICASET or SHARDED. This value defaults to "REPLICASET". |
Inherited Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-P, --profile | string | false | Human-readable label that identifies 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. To learn about profiles for MongoCLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-configuration-file. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
Deploying cluster '<Name>'.
Examples
# Deploy a free cluster named myCluster for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster create myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --provider AWS --region US_EAST_1 --tier M0
# Deploy a three-member replica set named myRS in AWS for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster create myRS --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --provider AWS --region US_EAST_1 --members 3 --tier M10 --mdbVersion 5.0 --diskSizeGB 10
# Deploy a three-member replica set named myRS in AZURE for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster create myRS --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --provider AZURE --region US_EAST_2 --members 3 --tier M10 --mdbVersion 5.0 --diskSizeGB 10
# Deploy a three-member replica set named myRS in GCP for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster create myRS --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --provider GCP --region EASTERN_US --members 3 --tier M10 --mdbVersion 5.0 --diskSizeGB 10
# Deploy a cluster or a multi-cloud cluster from a JSON configuration file named myfile.json for the project with the ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster create --projectId <projectId> --file myfile.json