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mongocli iam projects apiKeys create

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Create an organization API key and assign it to your project.

MongoDB returns the private API key only once. After you run this command, immediately copy, save, and secure both the public and private API keys.

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

Command Syntax
mongocli iam projects apiKeys 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.
--projectId
string
false
Hexadecimal string that identifies the project to use. This option overrides the settings in the configuration file or environment variable.
--role
strings
true
Role or roles that you want to assign to the API key. To assign more than one role, specify each role with a separate role flag or specify all of the roles as a comma-separated list using one role flag. To learn which values the CLI accepts, see the Items Enum for roles in the Atlas API spec: https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/reference/api-resources-spec/v2/#tag/Programmatic-API-Keys/operation/createProjectApiKey/.
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.

API Key '<ID>' created.
Public API Key <PublicKey>
Private API Key <PrivateKey>
# Create an organization API key with the ORG_OWNER role and assign it to the project with ID 5e2211c17a3e5a48f5497de3:
mongocli projects apiKeys create --desc "My API key" --projectId 5e1234c17a3e5a48f5497de3 --role ORG_OWNER --output json
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