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atlas clusters describe

Return the details for the specified cluster for your project.

Public Preview: The atlas api sub-command, automatically generated from the MongoDB Atlas Admin API, offers full coverage of the Admin API and is currently in Public Preview (please provide feedback at https://feedback.mongodb.com/forums/930808-atlas-cli). Admin API capabilities have their own release lifecycle, which you can check via the provided API endpoint documentation link.

To use this command, you must authenticate with a user account or an API key with the Project Read Only role.

Command Syntax
atlas clusters describe <clusterName> [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description

clusterName

string

true

Name of the cluster to retrieve.

Name
Type
Required
Description

-h, --help

false

help for describe

-o, --output

string

false

Output format. Valid values are json, json-path, go-template, or go-template-file. To see the full output, use the -o json option.

--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

If the command succeeds, the CLI returns output similar to the following sample. Values in brackets represent your values.

ID NAME MDB VER STATE
<Id> <Name> <MongoDBVersion> <StateName>
# Return the JSON-formatted details for the cluster named myCluster:
atlas clusters describe myCluster --output json

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