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atlas clusters update
Modify the settings of the specified cluster.
You can specify modifications in a JSON configuration file with the --file flag.
You can't change the name of the cluster or downgrade the MongoDB version of your cluster.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key that has the Project Cluster Manager role.
Syntax
atlas clusters update [clusterName] [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
clusterName | string | false | Name of the cluster to update. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--disableTerminationProtection | false | Disables termination protection for your cluster. You can delete a cluster with termination protection disabled. | |
--diskSizeGB | float | false | Capacity, in gigabytes, of the host's root volume. |
--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 update | |
--mdbVersion | string | false | Major MongoDB version of the cluster. |
-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. |
--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. |
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.
Updating cluster '<Name>'.
Examples
# Update the tier for a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --tier M50
# Update the disk size for a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --diskSizeGB 20
# Update the MongoDB version for a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --mdbVersion 5.0
# Use a configuration file named cluster-config.json to update a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --file cluster-config.json --output json