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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.

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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