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atlas clusters update

Modify the settings of the specified cluster.

You can specify modifications in a JSON configuration file with the --file flag.

You can't change the name of the cluster or downgrade the MongoDB version of your cluster.

You can only update a replica set to a single-shard cluster; you cannot update a replica set to a multi-sharded cluster. To learn more, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/scale-cluster/#convert-a-replica-set-to-a-sharded-cluster and https://www.mongodb.com/docs/upcoming/tutorial/convert-replica-set-to-replicated-shard-cluster.

Deprecation note: the M2 and M5 tiers are now deprecated; when selecting M2 or M5, a FLEX tier will be created instead. For the migration guide, visit: https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/flex-migration.n

To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account, a service account, or an API key with the Project Cluster Manager role. Atlas supports this command only for M10+ clusters

Command Syntax
atlas clusters update [clusterName] [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

clusterName

string

false

Name of the cluster to update.

Name
Type
Required
Description

--autoScalingMode

string

false

Mode in which the cluster scales. Valid values are clusterWideScaling or independentShardScaling.

Mutually exclusive with --file.

--disableTerminationProtection

false

Disables termination protection for your cluster. You can delete a cluster with termination protection disabled.

Mutually exclusive with --enableTerminationProtection, --file.

--diskSizeGB

float

false

Capacity, in gigabytes, of the host's root volume.

Mutually exclusive with --file.

--enableTerminationProtection

false

Enables termination protection for your cluster. You can't delete a cluster with termination protection enabled.

Mutually exclusive with --disableTerminationProtection, --file.

-f, --file

string

false

Path to an optional JSON configuration file that defines cluster settings. Note: Unsupported fields in the JSON file are ignored. To learn more about cluster configuration files for the Atlas CLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/cluster-config-file-atlascli.

Mutually exclusive with --tier, --diskSizeGB, --enableTerminationProtection, --disableTerminationProtection, --tag, --autoScalingMode.

-h, --help

false

help for update

--mdbVersion

string

false

Major MongoDB version of the cluster.

-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.

--projectId

string

false

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

--tag

key=value

false

List that contains key-value pairs between 1 to 255 characters in length for tagging and categorizing the cluster. Passing this flag replaces preexisting data.

Mutually exclusive with --file.

--tier

string

false

Tier for each data-bearing server in the cluster. To learn more about cluster tiers, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/cluster-tier-atlas.

Mutually exclusive with --file.

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.

Updating cluster '<Name>'.
# Update the tier for a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --tier M50
# Replace tags cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --tag key1=value1
# Remove all tags from cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --tag =
# Update the disk size for a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --diskSizeGB 20
# Update the MongoDB version for a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --mdbVersion 5.0
# Use a configuration file named cluster-config.json to update a cluster named myCluster for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas cluster update myCluster --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --file cluster-config.json --output json