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atlas dbusers certs create

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Create a new Atlas-managed X.509 certificate for the specified database user.

The user you specify must authenticate using X.509 certificates. You can't use this command to create certificates if you are managing your own Certificate Authority (CA) in self-managed X.509 mode.

Command Syntax
atlas dbusers certs create [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description
-h, --help
false
help for create
--monthsUntilExpiration
int
false
Number of months until the X.509 certificate expires. This value defaults to 3.
-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.
--username
string
true
Username of a database user.
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.

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# Create an Atlas-managed X.509 certificate that expires in 5 months for a MongoDB user named dbuser for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
atlas dbusers certs create --username dbuser --monthsUntilExpiration 5 --projectId 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --output json
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