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atlas backups snapshots list

Return all cloud backup snapshots for your project and cluster.

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

Command Syntax
atlas backups snapshots list <clusterName> [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

clusterName

string

true

Name of the Atlas cluster that contains the snapshots you want to retrieve.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-h, --help

false

help for list

--limit

int

false

Number of items per results page, up to a maximum of 500. If you have more than 500 results, specify the --page option to change the results page. This value defaults to 100.

--omitCount

false

Flag that indicates whether the JSON response returns the total number of items (totalCount) in the JSON response.

-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.

--page

int

false

Page number that specifies a page of results. This value defaults to 1.

--projectId

string

false

Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.

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.

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

ID TYPE STATUS CREATED AT EXPIRES AT
<Id> <SnapshotType> <Status> <CreatedAt> <ExpiresAt>
# Return a JSON-formatted list of snapshots for the cluster named myDemo
atlas backups snapshots list myDemo --output json