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atlas clusters start
Start the specified paused MongoDB cluster.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key that has the Project Cluster Manager role. Atlas supports this command only for M10+ clusters.
Syntax
Command Syntax
atlas clusters start <clusterName> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
clusterName | string | true | Name of the cluster to start. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-h, --help | false | help for start | |
-o, --output | string | false | Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. |
--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.
Starting cluster '<Name>'.
Examples
# Start a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: atlas clusters start myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --output json