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atlas dbusers create

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Create a database user for your project.

If you set --ldapType, --x509Type, --oidcType and --awsIAMType to NONE, Atlas authenticates this user through SCRAM-SHA. To learn more, see https://www.mongodb.com/ko-kr/docs/manual/core/security-scram/.

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

Syntax

Command Syntax
atlas dbusers create [builtInRole]... [options]

Arguments

Name
Type
Required
Description
builtInRole
string
false
Atlas built-in role that you want to assign to the user.

Options

Name
Type
Required
Description
--awsIAMType
string
false

AWS IAM method by which the provided username is authenticated. Valid values are NONE, USER, or ROLE. If you set this to USER or ROLE, the user authenticates with IAM credentials and doesn't need a password.

Mutually exclusive with --ldapType, --x509Type, --oidcType. This value defaults to "NONE".

--deleteAfter
string
false
Timestamp in ISO 8601 in UTC after which Atlas deletes the user.
-h, --help
false
help for create
--ldapType
string
false

LDAP method by which the provided username is authenticated. Valid values are NONE, USER, or GROUP. If you set this to USER or GROUP, the user authenticates with LDAP.

Mutually exclusive with --awsIAMType, --x509Type, --oidcType. This value defaults to "NONE".

--oidcType
string
false

OIDC method by which the provided database user is authenticated. Valid values are NONE, USER, or IDP_GROUP. If you set this to USER or GROUP_ID, the user authenticates with OIDC.

Mutually exclusive with --awsIAMType, --ldapType, --x509Type, --password. This value defaults to "NONE".

-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.
-p, --password
string
false

Password for the database user.

Mutually exclusive with --oidcType.

--projectId
string
false
Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.
--role
strings
false
Comma-separated list that specifies the user's roles and the databases or collections on which the roles apply. The roles format is roleName[@dbName[.collection]]. roleName can either be a built-in role or a custom role. dbName and collection are required only for built-in roles.
--scope
strings
false
Array of clusters that this user has access to.
-u, --username
string
true
Username for authenticating to MongoDB.
--x509Type
string
false

X.509 method for authenticating the specified username. Valid values include NONE, MANAGED, and CUSTOMER. If you set this to MANAGED the user authenticates with an Atlas-managed X.509 certificate. If you set this to CUSTOMER, the user authenticates with a self-managed X.509 certificate.

Mutually exclusive with --awsIAMType, --ldapType, --oidcType. This value defaults to "NONE".

Inherited Options

Name
Type
Required
Description
-P, --profile
string
false

Output

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

Database user '<Username>' successfully created.

Examples

# Create an Atlas database admin user named myAdmin for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas dbusers create atlasAdmin --username myAdmin  --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3
# Create a database user named myUser with read/write access to any database for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas dbusers create readWriteAnyDatabase --username myUser --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3
# Create a database user named myUser with multiple roles for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas dbusers create --username myUser --role clusterMonitor,backup --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3
# Create a database user named myUser with multiple scopes for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas dbusers create --username myUser --role clusterMonitor --scope <REPLICA-SET ID>,<storeName> --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3

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