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mongocli atlas dbuser list

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  • Options
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The dbuser list command retrieves the list of MongoDB database users on the specified Atlas cluster. You can also retrieve the MongoDB database users through the Atlas API.

mongocli atlas dbuser list
[ --output|-o <output-format> ]
[ --profile|-P <profile-name> ]
[ --projectId <project-ID> ]

Note

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

Option
Type
Description
Required?
--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.

no
--profile, -P
string
Name of the profile where the public and private keys for the project are saved. If omitted, uses the default profile. To learn more about creating a profile, see Configure the MongoDB CLI.
no
--projectId
string

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

no

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
Description
databaseName
User's authentication database. For MongoDB deployment in Atlas, the authentication database is always the admin database.
groupId

Unique identifier of the Atlas project to which the user belongs.

Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID} is the same as your project ID.

roles
User's roles and the databases or collections on which the roles apply.
username
Username for authentication.
ldapAuthType

Method by which the specified username is authenticated. Valid values are:

NONE
This user does not use LDAP authentication.
USER
LDAP server authenticates this user through the user's LDAP user.
GROUP
LDAP server authenticates this user using their LDAP user and authorizes this user using their LDAP group. To learn more about LDAP security, see Set up User Authentication and Authorization with LDAP.
x509Type

Method by which the specified username is authenticated. Valid values are:

NONE
This user does not use X.509 authentication.
MANAGED
This user authenticates with Atlas-managed X.509 certificates.
CUSTOMER
This user authenticates with Self-managed X.509 certificates.
awsIAMType

Method by which the specified username is authenticated. Valid values are:

NONE
This user does not use AWS IAM authentication.
USER
This user authenticates with AWS IAM user credentials.
ROLE
This user authenticates with AWS IAM role credentials.
deleteAfterDate
Timestamp in ISO 8601 date and time format in UTC after which Atlas deletes the user. This field is only present if an expiration date was specified when creating the entry.

The following example uses the mongocli atlas dbuser list command to retrieve the list of MongoDB database users on the Atlas cluster. The command uses the default profile, which contains the Programmatic API Keys and the project ID.

mongocli atlas dbuser list --output json

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

[
{
"roles": [
{
"roleName": "atlasAdmin",
"databaseName": "admin"
}
],
"groupId": "5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3",
"username": "user1",
"databaseName": "admin",
"ldapAuthType": "NONE"
},
{
"roles": [
{
"roleName": "atlasAdmin",
"databaseName": "admin"
}
],
"groupId": "5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3",
"username": "user2",
"databaseName": "admin",
"ldapAuthType": "NONE"
},
{
"roles": [
{
"roleName": "readWriteAnyDatabase",
"databaseName": "admin"
},
{
"roleName": "clusterMonitor",
"databaseName": "admin"
}
],
"groupId": "5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3",
"username": "user3",
"databaseName": "admin",
"ldapAuthType": "NONE"
}
]

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