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mongocli iam projects apiKeys assign
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Assign the specified organization API key to your project and modify the API key's roles for the project.
When you modify the roles for an organization API key with this command, the values you specify overwrite the existing roles assigned to the API key.
To view possible values for the ID argument, run mongocli organizations apiKeys list.
Syntax
Command Syntax
mongocli iam projects apiKeys assign <ID> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
ID | string | true | Unique 24-digit string that identifies your API key. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
-h, --help | false | help for assign | |
-o, --output | string | false | Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. |
--projectId | string | false | Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable. |
--role | strings | true | Role or roles that you want to assign to the API key. To assign more than one role, you can specify each role with a separate role flag or specify all of the roles as a comma-separated list using one role flag. Valid values are GROUP_CLUSTER_MANAGER, GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_ADMIN, GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_ONLY, GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_WRITE, GROUP_SEARCH_INDEX_EDITOR, GROUP_OWNER, and GROUP_READ_ONLY. |
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
# Assign an organization API key with the ID 5f46ae53d58b421fe3edc115 and grant the GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_WRITE role for the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3: mongocli projects apiKeys assign 5f46ae53d58b421fe3edc115 --projectId 5e1234c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --role GROUP_DATA_ACCESS_READ_WRITE --output json