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mongocli ops-manager clusters indexes create
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Create a rolling index for your MongoDB cluster.
Syntax
Command Syntax
mongocli ops-manager clusters indexes create [indexName] [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
indexName | string | false | Name of the index to create. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--MaxVariable | string | false | Flag that, if specified, determines which characters to ignore. This flag applies only if indexConfigs.collation.alternate is set to shifted. |
--alternate | string | false | Flag that, if specified, determines whether collation should consider whitespace and punctuation as base characters during comparisons. |
--backwards | false | Flag that, if set to true, strings with diacritics sort from the back to the front of the string. | |
--caseFirst | string | false | Flag that, if specified, determines the sort order of case differences during tertiary level comparisons. |
--caseLevel | false | Flag that enables index case comparison. This flag applies only if the strength level is set to 1 or 2. | |
--collectionName | string | true | Name of the collection. |
--db | string | true | Name of the database. |
-h, --help | false | help for create | |
--key | strings | true | Field to be indexed and the type of index in the following format: field:type. |
--locale | string | false | Locale that the ICU defines. |
--normalization | false | Flag that, if set to true, collation checks if text requires normalization and performs normalization to compare text. | |
--numericOrdering | false | Flag that, if set to true, indicates that collation compares numeric strings as numbers. If set to false, collation compares numeric strings as strings. | |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
--rsName | string | true | The replica set that the index is built on. |
--sparse | false | Flag that creates a sparse index. To learn more about sparse indexes, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/core/index-sparse/ | |
--strength | int | false | Level of comparison to perform. |
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 MongoCLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-configuration-file. |
Examples
# Create an index named bedrooms_1 on the listings collection of the realestate database on the replica set repl1. The command uses the default profile. mongocli om clusters indexes create bedrooms_1 \ --collectionName listings --db realestate --key bedrooms:1 \ --rsName repl1