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sh.enableSharding()

Definition

sh.enableSharding(database)

Enables sharding on the specified database. This does not automatically shard any collections but makes it possible to begin sharding collections using sh.shardCollection().

The sh.enableSharding() method has the following parameter:

Parameter	Type	Description
database	string	The name of the database shard. Enclose the name in quotation marks.

See also

sh.shardCollection()

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