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atlas backups snapshots describe
Return the details for the specified snapshot for your project.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project Read Only role.
Syntax
Command Syntax
atlas backups snapshots describe <snapshotId> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
snapshotId | string | true | Unique identifier of the snapshot you want to retrieve. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--clusterName | string | true | Name of the cluster. |
-h, --help | false | help for describe | |
-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. |
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.
ID SNAPSHOT TYPE TYPE DESCRIPTION EXPIRES AT <Id> <SnapshotType> <Type> <Description> <ExpiresAt>
Examples
# Return the details for the backup snapshot with the ID 5f4007f327a3bd7b6f4103c5 for the cluster named myDemo: atlas backups snapshots describe 5f4007f327a3bd7b6f4103c5 --clusterName myDemo