mongocli atlas cluster create

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Syntax

Options
Output
Examples
Create a Cluster
Create a Cluster using a Configuration File
Create a Sharded Cluster

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The cluster create command creates a cluster in the specified project. You can also create a cluster with the Atlas console or API.

Note

This feature is not available for M0 (Free Tier) clusters. For more information, see Atlas M0 (Free Tier) Limitations.

Syntax

mongocli atlas cluster create <cluster-name>
     [ --backup ]
     [ --diskSizeGB <size-of-disk> ]
     [ --file|-f <path-to-cluster-config-file> ]
     [ --mdbVersion <mongodb-version> ]
     [ --members|-m <number-of-members> ]
     [ --output|-o <output-format> ]
     [ --profile|-P <profile-name> ]
     [ --projectId <project-ID> ]
       --provider AWS|GCP|AZURE
       --region|-r <region-name>
     [ --shards|-s <number-of-shards> ]
     [ --tier <cluster-tier> ]
     [ --type <replicaset-or-sharded>]

Note

Use -h or --help to view the command-line help for this command.

Options

Option

Type

Description

Required?

<cluster-name>

string

Name of the cluster. The cluster name cannot be changed after the cluster is created. Cluster name can contain ASCII letters, numbers, and hyphen.

yes

--backup

Flag to enable backup on M10 and larger clusters. This option is not available for clusters smaller than M10. If omitted, cloud provider snapshots is disabled.

--diskSizeGB

int

Size of the disk in GB for storage. If omitted, uses the default disk size for the instance type. Select your cloud provider tab to view the default disk size for each instance type:

Cluster Tiers	Default Storage	Default RAM
`M2`	2 GB	Shared
`M5`	5 GB	Shared
`M10`	10 GB	2 GB
`M20`	20 GB	4 GB
`M30`	40 GB	8 GB
`M40` or `R40`	80 GB	16 GB
`M40_NVME`	380 GB	15.25 GB
`M50` or `R50`	160 GB	32 GB
`M50_NVME`	760 GB	30.5 GB
`M60` or `R60`	320 GB	64 GB
`M60_NVME`	1.6 TB	61 GB
`M80`	760 GB	131 GB
`R80`	750 GB	122 GB
`M80_NVME`	1.6 TB	122 GB
`M100`	1 TB	160 GB
`M140` ¹	1 TB	192 GB
`M200` or `R200`	1.5 TB	256 GB
`M200_NVME`	3.1 TB	244 GB
`M300` ¹	2 TB	384 GB
`R300`	2 TB	384 GB
`R400`	3 TB	488 GB
`M400_NVME` ²	4 TB	512 GB
`R700`	4 TB	768 GB

¹ Unavailable if providerSettings.regionName equals AP_SOUTHEAST_2.

² Availability limited to the following regions:

US_EAST_1
US_EAST_2
US_WEST_2
EU_WEST_1
EU_CENTRAL_1
AP_NORTHEAST_1

Cluster Tiers	Default Storage	Default RAM
`M2`	2 GB	Shared
`M5`	5 GB	Shared
`M10`	32 GB	2 GB
`M20`	32 GB	4 GB
`M30`	32 GB	8 GB
`M40`	128 GB	16 GB
`M50`	128 GB	32 GB
`M60`	128 GB	64 GB
`M80`	256 GB	128 GB
`M200`	256 GB	256 GB

Cluster Tiers	Default Storage	Default RAM
`M2`	2 GB	Shared
`M5`	5 GB	Shared
`M10`	10 GB	1.70 GB
`M20`	20 GB	3.75 GB
`M30`	40 GB	7.5 GB
`M40`	80 GB	15 GB
`M50`	160 GB	30 GB
`M60`	320 GB	60 GB
`M80`	750 GB	120 GB
`M200`	1.5 TB	240 GB
`M300` ¹	2.2 TB	360 GB

¹ Unavailable if providerSettings.regionName equals:

SOUTH_AMERICA_EAST_1
EUROPE_WEST_3
NORTHEASTERN_ASIA_PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA_SOUTHEAST_1

--file, -f

string

Path to a JSON configuration file that defines cluster settings. Any settings specified in the configuration file take precedence over settings specified by a command option.

For a list of settings you can define, see the Create One Cluster API.

Note

You can't create Global Clusters through the MongoDB CLI.

--mdbVersion

string

Major version of the cluster to deploy. Value can be:

4.2
4.0 - for M10+ clusters only
3.6 - for M10+ clusters only

By default, deploys v4.2.

--members, -m

integer

Number of members in the replica set. The default value is 3.

--output, -o

string

Command output format. Valid values are:

json for output in JSON format
go-template for custom output using the Go template
go-template-file for custom output specified using Go template file

If omitted, the command returns output in the default format.

--profile, -P

string

Name of the profile where the public and private keys for the project are set. If omitted, uses the default profile. To learn more about creating a profile, see Configure the MongoDB CLI.

--projectId

string

Unique identifier of the project. If omitted, uses the project ID in the profile or environment variable.

--provider

string

Cloud service provider on which the servers are provisioned. Value can be:

AWS - Amazon AWS
GCP - Google Cloud Platform
AZURE - Microsoft Azure

yes

--region, -r

string

Physical location of the MongoDB cluster. Select your cloud provider tab to view the available regions:

US_EAST_1
US_WEST_2
EU_WEST_1

For a complete list of supported AWS regions, see Amazon Web Services (AWS).

US_EAST_2
US_WEST
EUROPE_NORTH

For a complete list of supported Azure regions, see Microsoft Azure.

CENTRAL_US
WESTERN_EUROPE
EASTERN_ASIA_PACIFIC

For a complete list of supported GCP regions, see Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

yes

--shards, -s

integer

Number of shards in the sharded cluster. The default value is 1, which is equivalent to a replica set.

--tier

string

Name of the cluster tier you want to use. You can later modify your cluster tier with the mongocli atlas cluster update command. If omitted, uses the tier M2.

--type

string

Type of cluster to deploy. Value can be:

REPLICASET to deploy a replica set, or
SHARDED to deploy a sharded cluster.

By default, deploys a replica set.

Output

The command prints the following fields in the specified format to the terminal if the command succeeds. If the command prints an error, see Troubleshooting for recommended solutions.

Field

Returned Value

autoScaling

Configuration for automatically scaling cluster storage and tier.

autoscaling

.diskGBEnabled

State of this cluster's disk auto-scaling:

true if enabled
false if disabled

By default, Atlas disables disk auto-scaling.

backupEnabled

State of cloud backup for this cluster:

true if enabled
false if disabled

biConnector

Configuration for BI Connector for Atlas on the cluster.

biConnector

.enabled

State of BI Connector for the cluster:

true if enabled
false if disabled

The default value is false.

biConnector

.readPreference

Read preference for BI Connector on the cluster:

primary: BI Connector reads from the primary.
secondary: BI Connector reads from the secondary.
analytics: BI Connector reads from the analytics node.

clusterType

Type of cluster:

REPLICASET
SHARDED
GEOSHARDED

diskSizeGB

Capacity, in GB, of the host's root volume.

encryptionAtRestProvider

Configuration for encryption at rest.

id

Unique identifier of the cluster.

groupId

Unique identifier of the project.

Note

Your project ID equals groupId.

labels

Returns identifying tags for the cluster. As of version 1.0.0, MongoDB uses this field to track use of monogcli.

mongoDBVersion

MongoDB version that is deployed.

mongoDBMajorVersion

Major version of MongoDB that is deployed.

mongoURI

Base connection string for the cluster.

MongoURIUpdated

Timestamp in Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC when someone last updated the connection string.

name

Name of the cluster.

numShards

Number of shards in the cluster:

1: replica set.
Between 2 and 12 inclusive: sharded cluster.

paused

State of the cluster:

true if cluster is paused.
false if cluster is active.

providerBackupEnabled

State of Cloud Backup for the cluster:

true if enabled.
false if disabled.

providerSettings

Configuration for the provisioned servers on which MongoDB runs.

providerSettings

.backingProviderName

Cloud provider service on which the servers are provisioned:

AWS for Amazon AWS
GCP for Google Cloud Platform
AZURE for Microsot Azure

providerSettings

.instanceSizeName

Name of the cluster tier used for Atlas cluster:

Cluster Tiers	Default Storage	Default RAM
`M2`	2 GB	Shared
`M5`	5 GB	Shared
`M10`	10 GB	2 GB
`M20`	20 GB	4 GB
`M30`	40 GB	8 GB
`M40` or `R40`	80 GB	16 GB
`M40_NVME`	380 GB	15.25 GB
`M50` or `R50`	160 GB	32 GB
`M50_NVME`	760 GB	30.5 GB
`M60` or `R60`	320 GB	64 GB
`M60_NVME`	1.6 TB	61 GB
`M80`	760 GB	131 GB
`R80`	750 GB	122 GB
`M80_NVME`	1.6 TB	122 GB
`M100`	1 TB	160 GB
`M140` ¹	1 TB	192 GB
`M200` or `R200`	1.5 TB	256 GB
`M200_NVME`	3.1 TB	244 GB
`M300` ¹	2 TB	384 GB
`R300`	2 TB	384 GB
`R400`	3 TB	488 GB
`M400_NVME` ²	4 TB	512 GB
`R700`	4 TB	768 GB

¹ Unavailable if providerSettings.regionName equals AP_SOUTHEAST_2.

² Availability limited to the following regions:

US_EAST_1
US_EAST_2
US_WEST_2
EU_WEST_1
EU_CENTRAL_1
AP_NORTHEAST_1

Cluster Tiers	Default Storage	Default RAM
`M2`	2 GB	Shared
`M5`	5 GB	Shared
`M10`	32 GB	2 GB
`M20`	32 GB	4 GB
`M30`	32 GB	8 GB
`M40`	128 GB	16 GB
`M50`	128 GB	32 GB
`M60`	128 GB	64 GB
`M80`	256 GB	128 GB
`M200`	256 GB	256 GB

Cluster Tiers	Default Storage	Default RAM
`M2`	2 GB	Shared
`M5`	5 GB	Shared
`M10`	10 GB	1.70 GB
`M20`	20 GB	3.75 GB
`M30`	40 GB	7.5 GB
`M40`	80 GB	15 GB
`M50`	160 GB	30 GB
`M60`	320 GB	60 GB
`M80`	750 GB	120 GB
`M200`	1.5 TB	240 GB
`M300` ¹	2.2 TB	360 GB

¹ Unavailable if providerSettings.regionName equals:

SOUTH_AMERICA_EAST_1
EUROPE_WEST_3
NORTHEASTERN_ASIA_PACIFIC
AUSTRALIA_SOUTHEAST_1

providerSettings

.providerName

Name of the cloud service provider on which Atlas provisioned the MongoDB host:

AWS for Amazon AWS
GCP for Google Cloud Platform
AZURE for Microsot Azure

providerSettings

.regionName

Physical location of the cluster.

For a complete list of regions, see cloud provider reference:

replicationFactor

Number of replica set members in the cluster: 3, 5, or 7.

replicationSpec

Configuration for each region in the cluster. Each element in this object represents a region where Atlas deployed your cluster.

replicationSpec

.<region>

Physical location of the region.

Each <region> object describes the region’s priority in elections and the number and type of MongoDB nodes Atlas deploys to the region.

replicationSpec

.<region>.analyticsNodes

Number of analytics nodes in the region.

replicationSpec

.<region>.electableNodes

Number of electable nodes in the region.

replicationSpec

.<region>.priority

Election priority of the region as an integer between 0 and 7 inclusive.

replicationSpec

.<region>.readOnlyNodes

Number of read-only nodes in the region.

replicationSpecs

Returns Global Cluster zone. As mongocli can't create Global Clusters, this response includes one zone only.

Each object in this array represents a zone where Atlas deploys nodes for your Global Cluster.

replicationSpecs.id

Unique identifier of the replication object.

replicationSpecs.numShards

Number of shards to deploy in the specified zone.

replicationSpecs.zoneName

Name for the zone.

replicationSpecs.regionConfig

Configuration for the physical location of the region. Each regionsConfig object describes the region’s priority in elections and the number and type of MongoDB nodes that Atlas deploys to the region.

replicationSpecs[n]
.regionsConfig
.<regionName>.analyticsNodes

Number of analytics nodes to deploy in the region.

replicationSpecs[n]
.regionsConfig
.<regionName>.electableNodes

Number of electable nodes for Atlas to deploy to the region.

replicationSpecs[n]
.regionsConfig
.<regionName>.priority

Election priority of the region.

replicationSpecs[n]
.regionsConfig
.<regionName>.readOnlyNodes

Number of read-only nodes for Atlas to deploy to the region.

srvAddress

connection string for connecting to the Atlas cluster. The +srv modifier forces the connection to use TLS. The mongoURI parameter lists additional options.

stateName

Current status of the cluster:

IDLE
CREATING
UPDATING
DELETING
DELETED
REPAIRING

Examples

Create a Cluster

The following mongocli atlas cluster create command creates a sample M2 cluster named myCluster in the AWS region US_EAST_1 with 3 nodes. The command uses the default profile, which contains the public and private keys for accessing Atlas.

mongocli atlas cluster create myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --provider AWS --region US_EAST_1 --members 3 --tier M2 --mdbVersion 4.2 --diskSizeGB 10 --output json

The command returns the following to the terminal. To learn more about these fields, see Output.

{
  "autoScaling": {
    "diskGBEnabled": false
  },
  "backupEnabled": false,
  "biConnector": {
    "enabled": false,
    "readPreference": "secondary"
  },
  "clusterType": "REPLICASET",
  "diskSizeGB": 10,
  "encryptionAtRestProvider": "NONE",
  "id": "5e272af4f10fab7c87718918",
  "groupId": "5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3",
  "labels": [
    {
      "key" : "Infrastructure Tool",
      "value" : "mongoCLI"
    }
  ],
  "mongoDBVersion": "4.2.2",
  "mongoDBMajorVersion": "4.2",
  "mongoURIUpdated": "2020-01-21T16:46:44Z",
  "name": "myCluster",
  "numShards": 1,
  "paused": false,
  "providerBackupEnabled": false,
  "providerSettings": {
    "backingProviderName": "AWS",
    "instanceSizeName": "M2",
    "providerName": "TENANT",
    "regionName": "US_EAST_1"
  },
  "replicationFactor": 3,
  "replicationSpec": {
    "US_EAST_1": {
      "analyticsNodes": 0,
      "electableNodes": 3,
      "priority": 7,
      "readOnlyNodes": 0
    }
  },
  "replicationSpecs": [{
    "id": "5e272af4f10fab7c87718912",
    "numShards": 1,
    "zoneName": "Zone 1",
    "regionsConfig": {
      "US_EAST_1": {
        "analyticsNodes": 0,
        "electableNodes": 3,
        "priority": 7,
        "readOnlyNodes": 0
      }
    }
  }],
  "stateName": "CREATING"
}

Create a Cluster using a Configuration File

The following mongocli atlas cluster create command creates a sample M40 cluster named myCluster in the AWS region US_EAST_1 with 3 nodes with a configuration file. The command uses the profile named egAtlasProfile, which contains the public and private keys for accessing Atlas.

mongocli atlas cluster create myCluster \
         --file cluster-config.json \
         --output json \
         --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 \
         --profile egAtlasProfile

The cluster configuration file contains the following settings:

{
  "name": "myCluster",
  "diskSizeGB": 100,
  "numShards": 1,
  "providerSettings": {
    "providerName": "AWS",
    "diskIOPS": 300,
    "instanceSizeName": "M40",
    "regionName": "US_EAST_1"
  },
  "clusterType" : "REPLICASET",
  "replicationFactor": 3,
  "replicationSpecs": [{
    "numShards": 1,
    "regionsConfig": {
      "US_EAST_1": {
        "analyticsNodes": 0,
        "electableNodes": 3,
        "priority": 7,
        "readOnlyNodes": 0
      }
    },
    "zoneName": "Zone 1"
  }],
  "backupEnabled": false,
  "providerBackupEnabled" : true,
  "autoScaling": {
    "diskGBEnabled": true
  }
}

The command returns the following to the terminal. To learn more about these fields, see Output.

{
   "autoScaling": {
      "diskGBEnabled": true
   },
   "backupEnabled": false,
   "biConnector": {
      "enabled": false,
      "readPreference": "secondary"
   },
   "clusterType": "REPLICASET",
   "diskSizeGB": 100,
   "encryptionAtRestProvider": "NONE",
   "id": "5e6165b47cb26270c310bfd5",
   "groupId": "5e2f04ecf10fab66c7d4072e",
   "labels": [
      {
         "key" : "Infrastructure Tool",
         "value" : "mongoCLI"
      }
   ],
   "mongoDBVersion": "4.0.16",
   "mongoDBMajorVersion": "4.0",
   "mongoURIUpdated": "2020-03-05T20:48:52Z",
   "name": "myCluster",
   "numShards": 1,
   "paused": false,
   "providerBackupEnabled": true,
   "providerSettings": {
      "diskIOPS": 300,
      "encryptEBSVolume": true,
      "instanceSizeName": "M40",
      "providerName": "AWS",
      "regionName": "US_EAST_1",
      "volumeType": "STANDARD"
   },
   "replicationFactor": 3,
   "replicationSpec": {
      "US_EAST_1": {
         "analyticsNodes": 0,
         "electableNodes": 3,
         "priority": 7,
         "readOnlyNodes": 0
      }
   },
   "replicationSpecs": [
      {
         "id": "5e6165b47cb26270c310bfcf",
         "numShards": 1,
         "zoneName": "Zone 1",
         "regionsConfig": {
            "US_EAST_1": {
               "analyticsNodes": 0,
               "electableNodes": 3,
               "priority": 7,
               "readOnlyNodes": 0
            }
         }
      }
   ],
   "stateName": "CREATING"
}

Create a Sharded Cluster

The following mongocli atlas cluster create command creates a sample M10 sharded cluster named myShardedCluster in the GCP region EASTERN_US with 2 shards and 3 nodes per shard. The command uses the default profile, which contains the public and private keys for accessing Atlas, as well as a default project ID.

mongocli atlas cluster create myShardedCluster \
 --provider GCP \
 --region EASTERN_US \
 --type SHARDED \
 --shards 2 \
 --members 3 \
 --tier M10 \
 --mdbVersion 4.2 \
 --diskSizeGB 10 \
 --output json

The command returns the following to the terminal. To learn more about these fields, see Output.

{
   "autoScaling": {
     "diskGBEnabled": true,
     "compute": {
       "enabled": false,
       "scaleDownEnabled": false
     }
   },
   "backupEnabled": false,
   "biConnector": {
     "enabled": false,
     "readPreference": "secondary"
   },
   "clusterType": "SHARDED",
   "diskSizeGB": 10,
   "encryptionAtRestProvider": "NONE",
   "labels": [
     {
       "key": "Infrastructure Tool",
       "value": "mongoCLI"
     }
   ],
   "id": "5efe19b205e4b2501fb14374",
   "groupId": "5dd6fab7493979f10faffb78",
   "mongoDBVersion": "4.2.8",
   "mongoDBMajorVersion": "4.2",
   "mongoURIUpdated": "2020-07-02T17:30:25Z",
   "name": "testShard",
   "numShards": 2,
   "paused": false,
   "pitEnabled": false,
   "providerBackupEnabled": false,
   "providerSettings": {
     "instanceSizeName": "M10",
     "providerName": "GCP",
     "regionName": "EASTERN_US",
     "autoScaling": {
       "compute": {}
     }
   },
   "replicationFactor": 3,
   "replicationSpec": {
     "EASTERN_US": {
       "analyticsNodes": 0,
       "electableNodes": 3,
       "priority": 7,
       "readOnlyNodes": 0
     }
   },
   "replicationSpecs": [
     {
       "id": "505e4b24efe19b1fb1437429",
       "numShards": 2,
       "zoneName": "Zone 1",
       "regionsConfig": {
         "EASTERN_US": {
           "analyticsNodes": 0,
           "electableNodes": 3,
           "priority": 7,
           "readOnlyNodes": 0
         }
       }
     }
   ],
   "stateName": "CREATING",
   "connectionStrings": {}
}

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