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mongocli iam globalApiKeys create

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Create a global API key for your Ops Manager instance.

Command Syntax
mongocli iam globalApiKeys create [options]
Name
Type
Required
Description
--desc
string
true
Description of the API key.
-h, --help
false
help for create
-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.
--role
strings
true
Role or roles that you want to assign to the API key. To assign more than one role, you can specify each role with a separate role flag or specify all of the roles as a comma-separated list using one role flag. Valid values are GLOBAL_AUTOMATION_ADMIN, GLOBAL_BACKUP_ADMIN GLOBAL_MONITORING_ADMIN, GLOBAL_OWNER, GLOBAL_READ_ONLY,GLOBAL_USER_ADMIN.
Name
Type
Required
Description
-P, --profile
string
false
Name of the profile to use from your configuration file. To learn about profiles for MongoCLI, see https://dochub.mongodb.org/core/atlas-cli-configuration-file.
# Create a global API key that grants GLOBAL_READ_ONLY and GLOBAL_USER_ADMIN access for your Ops Manager instance:
mongocli iam globalApiKeys create --desc "My Global API key" --role "GLOBAL_READ_ONLY","GLOBAL_USER_ADMIN" --output json
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