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atlas metrics databases describe

Return the measurements of a database on the specified host.

To return the hostname and port needed for this command, run atlas process list

atlas metrics databases describe <hostname:port> <databaseName> [options]
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.

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.

--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.

-o, --output

string

false

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

--page

int

false

Page number that specifies a page of results.

--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 start/end in the same request

--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.

--type

strings

false

Measurements to return. If this is not specified, all measurements are returned. Valid values are 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

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.

# 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

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