Docs Menu

Docs HomeAtlas Command Line Interface

atlas config init

On this page

  • Syntax
  • Options
  • Inherited Options
  • Examples

Configure a profile to store access settings for your MongoDB deployment.

atlas config init [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description
--gov
false
Create a default profile for atlas for gov
-h, --help
false
help for init
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.
# To configure the tool to work with Atlas:
atlas config init
# To configure the tool to work with Atlas for Government:
atlas config init --gov
←  atlas config editatlas config list →

Specify your version