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atlas customDbRoles create

Create a custom database role for your project.

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

Command Syntax

atlas customDbRoles create <roleName> [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

roleName

string

true

Name of the custom role to create.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-h, --help

false

help for create

--inheritedRole

strings

false

List of inherited roles and the database on which the role is granted.

-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.

--privilege

strings

false

List of actions per database and collection. If no database or collections are provided, cluster scope is assumed. For details on actions specific to clusters, databases, or collections, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/privilege-actions.

--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.

Custom database role '<RoleName>' successfully created.
# Create a custom database roleatlas customDbRoles create customRole --privilege FIND@databaseName,UPDATE@databaseName.collectionName
# Create a custom database role on multiple collectionsatlas customDbRoles create customRole --privilege FIND@databaseName,UPDATE@databaseName.firstCollectionName,UPDATE@databaseName.secondCollectionName
# Create a customer database role with granted action on the cluster resourceatlas customDbRoles create customRole --privilege GET_CMD_LINE_OPTS
# Use an inherited roleatlas customDbRoles create customRole --inheritedRole read@databaseName