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Download one snapshot for the specified flex cluster.
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You can download a snapshot for an Atlas Flex cluster. To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project Owner role. Atlas supports this command only for Flex clusters.
Syntax
atlas backups snapshots download <snapshotId> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
snapshotId | string | true | Unique 24-hexadecimal digit string that identifies the snapshot to download. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--clusterName | string | true | Name of the cluster. To learn more, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/create-cluster-api. |
-h, --help | false | help for download | |
--out | string | false | Output file name. This value defaults to the Snapshot ID. |
--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.
Snapshot '<Name>' downloaded.