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Connect to a deployment that is running locally or in Atlas. If the deployment is paused, make sure to run atlas deployments start first.

Command Syntax
atlas deployments connect [deploymentName] [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

deploymentName

string

false

Name of the deployment that you want to connect to.

Name
Type
Required
Description

--connectWith

string

false

Method for connecting to the deployment. Valid values are compass, connectionString and mongosh.

--connectionStringType

string

false

Type of connection string. If you specify 'private', this option retrieves the connection string for the network peering endpoint. If you specify 'privateEndpoint', this option retrieves the shard optimized connection strings for the private endpoints. This value defaults to "standard".

-h, --help

false

help for connect

--password

string

false

Password for the user.

--projectId

string

false

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

--type

string

false

Type of deployment. Valid values are ATLAS or LOCAL.

--username

string

false

Username for authenticating to MongoDB.

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.

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