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Note

Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID} is the same as your project ID. For existing groups, your group/project ID remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the term groups.

The Atlas Administration API authenticates using HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide a programmatic API public key and corresponding private key as the username and password when constructing the HTTP request. To learn how to configure API access for an Atlas project, see Get Started with the Atlas Administration API.

https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0

Add a managed namespace to a Global Cluster. For more information about managed namespaces, see Global Clusters.

POST /groups/{GROUP-ID}/clusters/{CLUSTER-NAME}/globalWrites/managedNamespaces
Path Element
Required/Optional
Description
GROUP-ID
Required.
The unique identifier for the project that contains the Global Cluster.
CLUSTER-NAME
Required.
The name of the Global Cluster.

This endpoint might use any of the HTTP request query parameters available to all Atlas Administration API resources. All of these are optional.

Name
Type
Necessity
Description
Default
pretty
boolean
Optional
Flag indicating whether the response body should be in a prettyprint format.
false
envelope
boolean
Optional

Flag indicating if Atlas should wrap the response in a JSON envelope.

This option may be needed for some API clients. These clients cannot access the HTTP response headers or status code. To remediate this, set envelope=true in the query.

For endpoints that return one result, the response body includes:

status
HTTP response code
envelope
Expected response body
false
Name
Type
Description
collection
string
The name of the collection associated with the managed namespace.
customShardKey
string
The custom shard key for the collection. Global Clusters require a compound shard key consisting of a location field and a user-selected second key, the custom shard key.
db
string
The name of the database containing the collection.
isCustomShardKeyHashed
boolean

Optional. Flag that specifies whether the custom shard key for the collection is hashed. Value can be one of the following:

  • true - if custom shard key is hashed
  • false - if custom shard key is not hashed (default)

If omitted, defaults to false. If false, Atlas uses ranged sharding. This is only available for Atlas clusters with MongoDB v4.4 and later.

isShardKeyUnique
boolean

Optional. Flag that specifies whether the underlying index enforces a unique constraint. Value can be one of the following:

  • true - if shard key is unique
  • false - if shard key is not unique (default)

If omitted, defaults to false. You cannot specify true when using hashed shard keys.

numInitialChunks
integer
Optional. Specifies the minimum number of chunks to create initially when sharding an empty collection with a hashed shard key. Atlas then creates and balances chunks across the cluster. The numInitialChunks must be less than 8192 per shard. If omitted, defaults to 2. To learn more, see Global Cluster Sharding Reference. This is only available for Atlas clusters with MongoDB v4.4 and later.
presplitHashedZones
boolean

Optional. For hashed sharding only. Flag that specifies whether to perform initial chunk creation and distribution for an empty or non-existing collection based on the defined zones and zone ranges for the collection. Value can be one of the following:

  • true - to perform initial chunk creation and distribution
  • false - to not perform initial chunk creation and distribution (default)

If omitted, defaults to false. This is only available for Atlas clusters with MongoDB v4.4 and later.

Name
Type
Description
customZoneMapping
document
A comma-separated list of all custom zone mappings defined for the Global Cluster. Atlas automatically maps each location code to the closest geographical zone. Custom zone mappings allow administrators to override these automatic mappings. If your Global Cluster does not have any custom zone mappings, this document is empty.
managedNamespaces
array of documents
Each document specifies a namespace for a Global Cluster managed by Atlas.
managedNamespaces[n].collection
string
The name of the collection associated with the managed namespace.
managedNamespaces[n].customShardKey
string
The custom shard key for the collection. Global Clusters require a compound shard key consisting of a location field and a user-selected second key, the custom shard key.
managedNamespaces[n].db
string
The name of the database containing the collection.
managedNamespaces[n].isCustomShardKeyHashed
boolean

Flag that specifies whether the custom shard key for the collection is hashed. Value can be one of the following:

  • true - if custom shard key is hashed
  • false - if custom shard key is not hashed (default)

Default value is false. If false, Atlas uses ranged sharding. This is only available for Atlas clusters with MongoDB v4.4 and later.

managedNamespaces[n].isShardKeyUnique
boolean

Flag that specifies whether the underlying index enforces a unique constraint. Value can be one of the following:

  • true - if shard key is unique
  • false - if shard key is not unique (default)
managedNamespaces[n].numInitialChunks
integer
Minimum number of chunks to create initially when sharding an empty collection with a hashed shard key. To learn more, see Global Cluster Sharding Reference. This is only available for Atlas clusters with MongoDB v4.4 and later.
managedNamespaces[n].presplitHashedZones
boolean

Flag that specifies whether to perform initial chunk creation and distribution for an empty or non-existing collection based on the defined zones and zone ranges for the collection. Value can be one of the following:

  • true - to perform initial chunk creation and distribution
  • false - to not perform initial chunk creation and distribution (default)

Default value is false. This is only available for Atlas clusters with MongoDB v4.4 and later.

curl -X POST -i --digest --user "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
"https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/6c391af480eef519ea5deeb1/clusters/Cluster1/globalWrites/managedNamespaces?pretty=true" \
--data '{
"db":"mydata",
"collection":"publishers",
"customShardKey":"city"
}'
{
"customZoneMapping" : {
"AF" : "5b48f5a780eef5236f689f94",
"AL" : "5b48f5a780eef5236f689f94",
"AU" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-ACT" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-NSW" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-NT" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-QLD" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-SA" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-TAS" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-VIC" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"AU-WA" : "5b48f5cddff5220000f7f375",
"DZ" : "5b48f5a780eef5236f689f94"
},
"managedNamespaces" : [ {
"collection" : "publishers",
"customShardKey" : "city",
"db" : "mydata",
"isCustomShardKeyHashed": false,
"isShardKeyUnique": false,
"numInitialChunks": null,
"presplitHashedZones": false
},{
"collection" : "stores",
"customShardKey" : "store_number",
"db" : "mydata",
"isCustomShardKeyHashed": false,
"isShardKeyUnique": false,
"numInitialChunks": null,
"presplitHashedZones": false
} ]
}
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