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mongocli cloud-manager cluster describe

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The cluster describe command retrieves details about the specified cluster in the specified Cloud Manager project. You can also retrieve details about a cluster through the Cloud Manager API.

mongocli cloud-manager|cm cluster describe <cluster-name>
[ --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?
<cluster-name>
string
Name of the cluster to retrieve.
yes
--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 returns errors, see Troubleshooting for recommended solutions.

Field
Description
mongoURI
The connection string used to access the Ops Manager Application Database.
name
Name of the cluster.
processes
Configuration information for mongod processes on the cluster.
processes.arbiterOnly

Flag that indicates whether or not the replica set member is an arbiter node. Value can be:

  • true if the member is an arbiter node

  • false if the member is a non-arbiter node

processes.buildIndexes
Flag that indicates whether to direct mongod to build indexes. This setting corresponds to the buildIndexes mongod replica set configuration option.
processes.dbPath
The location and name of the MongoDB log files.
processes.disabled

Flag that indicates whether or not the process is disabled. Value can be:

  • true if disabled

  • false if enabled

processes.featureCompatibilityVersion
The Feature Compatibility Version of the deployment.
processes.hidden

Flag that indicates whether or not the replica set member is hidden. Value can be:

  • true if the member is hidden

  • false if the member is not hidden

processes.hostname
The hostname of the replica set member.
processes.logPath
The full path to the mongod log file, including the log file name and extension.
processes.name
Hostname and port of the mongod process.
processes.port
The IANA port number for the mongod process.
processes.priority
The priority of the member during elections.
processes.processType
Type of process. Value will be mongod.
processes.slaveDelay
Number of seconds behind the primary that the replica set member should lag.
processes.version
The MongoDB server version of the mongod process.
processes.votes
Number of votes that the replica set member has during elections.

The following examples show two ways to run the command.

The following mongocli cm cluster describe command retrieves the details about the cluster named myCluster in the specified project. It uses the default profile to access the specified project.

mongocli cm cluster describe myCluster --output json --projectId 5e338925f10fab0a7846874b

The following mongocli cm cluster describe command retrieves details about the cluster named myCluster. It uses the profile named egCMprofile where the API access keys and the project ID are stored.

mongocli cloud-manager cluster describe myCluster --output json --profile egCMprofile

The Example 1 and Example 2 commands print the following fields to the terminal. To learn more about these fields, see Output.

{
"mongoURI": "mongodb://host0:29010,host1:29020,host2:29030",
"name": "myCluster",
"processes": [
{
"buildIndexes": true,
"dbPath": "/data/cluster_2/rs1",
"featureCompatibilityVersion": "4.2",
"hostname": "host0",
"logPath": "/data/cluster_2/rs1/mongodb.log",
"name": "myCluster_0",
"port": 29010,
"priority": 1,
"processType": "mongod",
"slaveDelay": 0,
"version": "4.2.3",
"votes": 1,
"arbiterOnly": false,
"disabled": false,
"hidden": false
},
{
"buildIndexes": true,
"dbPath": "/data/cluster_2/rs2",
"featureCompatibilityVersion": "4.2",
"hostname": "host1",
"logPath": "/data/cluster_2/rs2/mongodb.log",
"name": "myCluster_1",
"port": 29020,
"priority": 1,
"processType": "mongod",
"slaveDelay": 0,
"version": "4.2.3",
"votes": 1,
"arbiterOnly": false,
"disabled": false,
"hidden": false
},
{
"buildIndexes": true,
"dbPath": "/data/cluster_2/rs3",
"featureCompatibilityVersion": "4.2",
"hostname": "host2",
"logPath": "/data/cluster_2/rs3/mongodb.log",
"name": "myCluster_2",
"port": 29030,
"priority": 1,
"processType": "mongod",
"slaveDelay": 0,
"version": "4.2.3",
"votes": 1,
"arbiterOnly": false,
"disabled": false,
"hidden": false
}
]
}

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