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atlas clusters onlineArchives create

Create an online archive for a collection in the specified cluster.

You can create an online archive for an M10 or larger cluster.

To learn more about online archives, see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/online-archive/manage-online-archive/.

atlas clusters onlineArchives create [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

--archiveAfter

float

true

Number of days after which to archive cluster data.

--clusterName

string

true

Name of the cluster.

--collection

string

true

Name of the collection.

--dateField

string

true

Name of an already indexed date field from the documents.

--dateFormat

string

false

Date format for the date field. Valid values are ISODATE, EPOCH_SECONDS, EPOCH_MILLIS, or EPOCH_NANOSECONDS. This value defaults to "ISODATE".

--db

string

true

Name of the database.

-h, --help

false

help for create

-o, --output

string

false

Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file.

--partition

strings

false

Fields to use to partition data. You can specify up to two frequently queried fields, separated by a comma, in the following format: <fieldname>:<datatype>. The data type must match the data type of the field in the document.

--projectId

string

false

Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-P, --profile

string

false

Human-readable label that identifies 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. To learn about profiles for MongoCLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-configuration-file.

# Create an online archive for the sample_mflix.movies collection in a cluster named myTestCluster when the current date is greater than the value of released date plus 2 days:
atlas clusters onlineArchive create --clusterName myTestCluster --db sample_mflix --collection movies --dateField released --archiveAfter 2 --output json
# Create an online archive for the sample_mflix.movies collection in a cluster named myTestCluster using a profile named egAtlasProfile when the current date is greater than the value of the released date plus 2 days. Data is partitioned based on the title field, year field, and released field from the documents in the collection:
atlas clusters onlineArchive create --clusterName myTestCluster --db sample_mflix --collection movies --dateField released --archiveAfter 2 --partition title:string,year:int --output json -P egAtlasProfile

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