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Return the measurements of a database on the specified host.
To return the hostname and port needed for this command, run atlas process list
Syntax
atlas metrics databases describe <hostname:port> <databaseName> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
hostname:port | string | true | Hostname and port number of the instance running the MongoDB process. |
databaseName | string | true | Label that identifies the database from which you want to retrieve metrics. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--end | string | false | ISO 8601-formatted date and time that specifies when to stop retrieving measurements. You can't set this parameter and period in the same request. Mutually exclusive with --period. |
--granularity | string | true | ISO 8601-formatted duration that specifies the interval between measurement data points. Only the following subset of ISO 8601-formatted time periods are supported: PT10S, PT1M, PT5M, PT1H, P1D. When you specify granularity, you must specify either period or start and end. |
-h, --help | false | help for describe | |
--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. |
-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. |
--period | string | false | ISO 8601-formatted time period that specifies the length of time in the past to query. You can't set this parameter and the start or end parameter in the same request. Mutually exclusive with --start, --end. |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
--start | string | false | ISO 8601-formatted date and time that specifies when to start retrieving measurements. You can't set this parameter and period in the same request. Mutually exclusive with --period. |
--type | strings | false | Measurements to return. This option returns all measurements by default. Valid values include DATABASE_AVERAGE_OBJECT_SIZE, DATABASE_COLLECTION_COUNT, DATABASE_DATA_SIZE, DATABASE_STORAGE_SIZE, DATABASE_INDEX_SIZE, DATABASE_INDEX_COUNT, DATABASE_EXTENT_COUNT, DATABASE_OBJECT_COUNT, and DATABASE_VIEW_COUNT |
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. |
Examples
# Return the JSON-formatted database metrics from the last 36 hours with 5-minute granularity for the database named testDB in the host atlas-lnmtkm-shard-00-00.ajlj3.mongodb.net:27017 atlas metrics databases describe atlas-lnmtkm-shard-00-00.ajlj3.mongodb.net:27017 testDB --granularity PT1M --period P1DT12H --output json