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atlas customDbRoles create

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Create a custom database role for your project.

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

Command Syntax
atlas customDbRoles create <roleName> [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

roleName

string

true

Name of the custom role to create.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-h, --help

false

help for create

--inheritedRole

strings

false

List of inherited roles and the database on which the role is granted.

-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.

--privilege

strings

false

List of actions per database and collection. If no database or collections are provided, cluster scope is assumed.

--projectId

string

false

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

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.

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

Custom database role '<RoleName>' successfully created.
# Create a custom database role
atlas customDbRoles create customRole --privilege FIND@databaseName,UPDATE@databaseName.collectionName
# Create a customer database role with granted action on the cluster resource
atlas customDbRoles create customRole --privilege GET_CMD_LINE_OPTS
# Use an inherited role
atlas customDbRoles create customRole --inheritedRole read@databaseName

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