Shard Direct Commands

Starting in MongoDB 8.0, these are the only commands you may run directly on a shard. You may also run a shell helper directly on a shard if it calls one of the following commands:

Note

This page may not be an exhaustive list [1].

Command	Available Helper Methods
`abortTransaction`	`Session.abortTransaction()`
`appendOplogNote`
`authenticate`	`passwordPrompt()`
`autoCompact`
`buildInfo`
`commitTransaction`	`Session.commitTransaction()` `Session.withTransaction()`
`compact`
`connectionStatus`
`connPoolStats`
`createRole`	`db.createRole()`
`createUser`	`db.createUser()`
`currentOp`	`db.currentOp()`
`dbHash` (Added in 8.0.5)
`dropAllRolesFromDatabase`	`db.dropAllRoles()`
`dropAllUsersFromDatabase`	`db.dropAllUsers()`
`dropRole`	`db.dropRole()`
`dropUser`	`db.dropUser()`
`endSessions`
`flushRouterConfig`
`fsync`	`db.fsyncLock()`
`fsyncUnlock`	`db.fsyncUnlock()`
`getAuditConfig`
`getClusterParameter`
`getCmdLineOpts`
`getLog`
`getParameter`
`getShardMap`
`grantPrivilegesToRole`	`db.grantPrivilegesToRole()`
`grantRolesToRole`	`db.grantRolesToRole()`
`grantRolesToUser`	`db.grantRolesToUser()`
`hello`
`hostInfo`
`invalidateUserCache`
`killAllSessions`
`killAllSessionsByPattern`
`killCursors`
`killOp`
`killSessions`
`listCommands`
`lockInfo`
`logApplicationMessage`
`logout`
`logRotate`
`ping`
`profile`	`db.setProfilingLevel()`
`replSetAbortPrimaryCatchUp`
`replSetFreeze`	`rs.freeze()`
`replSetGetConfig`	`rs.conf()`
`replSetGetStatus`	`rs.status()`
`replSetMaintenance`
`replSetReconfig`	`rs.reconfig()`
`replSetResizeOplog`
`replSetStepDown`	`rs.stepDown()`
`replSetSyncFrom`	`rs.syncFrom()`
`revokePrivilegesFromRole`	`db.revokePrivilegesFromRole()`
`revokeRolesFromRole`	`db.revokeRolesFromRole()`
`revokeRolesFromUser`	`db.revokeRolesFromUser()`
`rolesInfo`
`rotateCertificates`
`serverStatus`
`setParameter`
`shardingState`
`startSession`	`Mongo.startSession()`
`top`
`updateRole`	`db.updateRole()`
`updateUser`	`db.changeUserPassword()`
`usersInfo`
`whatsmyuri`

[1]	Specific command documentation may include compatibility info.

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