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atlas clusters failover
Starts a failover test for the specified cluster in the specified project.
Clusters contain a group of hosts that maintain the same data set. A failover test checks how MongoDB Cloud handles the failure of the cluster's primary node. During the test, MongoDB Cloud shuts down the primary node and elects a new primary.
Syntax
Command Syntax
atlas clusters failover <clusterName> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
clusterName | string | true | Human-readable label that identifies the cluster to start a failover test for. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--force | false | Flag that indicates whether to skip the confirmation prompt before proceeding with the requested action. | |
-h, --help | false | help for failover | |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
Inherited Options
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. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
Failover test for '<Name>' started
Examples
# Test failover for a cluster named myCluster: atlas clusters failover myCluster