ArangoDB: Create new database

‘db._createDatabase(name, options, users)’ statement is used to create a database.

 

Syntax

db._createDatabase(name, options, users)

 

Example

db._createDatabase("demodb", {}, [{ username: "demouser", passwd: "tiger", active: true}])

 

‘options’ attribute is used to set some defaults for a collection. Following table summarizes the different options supported by createDatabase method.

Option	Description
sharding	Specifies the sharding method to use. Valid values are: "" or "single". Setting this option to "single" will enable the OneShard feature in the Enterprise Edition.
replicationFactor	Valid values are a.   "satellite", which will replicate the collection to every DB-Server b.   1, which disables replication.
writeConcern	Specifies how many copies of each shard are required to be in sync on the different DB-Servers.   The value of writeConcern must less than or equal to replicationFactor.

 

‘users’ attribute is used to set initial users to use this database. Following table summarizes the valid attributes for users.

 

Attribute	Description
username	User name to connect to this database
passwd	Password to connect to this database
active	Specifies whether the user account should be active or not.
extra	Optional json object to represent any additional information.

 

 

Step 1: Login to arango shell.

$arangosh
Please specify a password: 

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arangosh (ArangoDB 3.7.11 [darwin] 64bit, using build , VPack 0.1.33, RocksDB 6.8.0, ICU 64.2, V8 7.9.317, OpenSSL 1.1.1k  25 Mar 2021)
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Connected to ArangoDB 'http+tcp://127.0.0.1:8529, version: 3.7.11 [SINGLE, server], database: '_system', username: 'root'

Type 'tutorial' for a tutorial or 'help' to see common examples
127.0.0.1:8529@_system>

 

Step 2: Execute the statement ‘db._createDatabase("demodb", {}, [{ username: "demouser", passwd: "tiger", active: true}])’ to create new database demodb.

127.0.0.1:8529@_system> db._createDatabase("demodb", {}, [{ username: "demouser", passwd: "tiger", active: true}]);
true

 

You can execute the statement ‘db._databases();’ to list all the databases.

127.0.0.1:8529@_system> db._databases();
[ 
  "_system", 
  "demodb", 
  "example" 
]

 

 

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