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atlas backups snapshots create
Create a backup snapshot for your project and cluster.
You can create on-demand backup snapshots for Atlas cluster tiers M10 and larger.
To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key that has the Project Owner role.
Syntax
atlas backups snapshots create <clusterName> [options]
Arguments
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
clusterName | string | true | Name of the Atlas cluster whose snapshot you want to restore. |
Options
Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
--desc | string | true | Description of the on-demand snapshot. |
-h, --help | false | help for create | |
-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. |
--retention | int | false | Number of days that Atlas should retain the on-demand snapshot. Must be at least 1. This value defaults to 1. |
Inherited Options
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. |
Output
If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.
Snapshot '<ID>' created.
Examples
# Create a backup snapshot for the cluster named myDemo that Atlas retains for 30 days: atlas backups snapshots create myDemo --desc "test" --retention 30