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 <h1 class="contains-headerlink leafygreen-ui-41fr9s" weight="medium">
  KeyVault.addKeyAltName()
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 <dl class="method">
  <dt>
   <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
    KeyVault.addKeyAltName(UUID, keyAltName)
   </code>
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  <dd>
   <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
    Adds the
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     keyAltName
    </code>
    to the
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     keyAltNames
    </code>
    array of the data
encryption key with
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     UUID
    </code>
    .
   </p>
   <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     keyAltName
    </code>
    <em>
     must
    </em>
    be unique among all keys in the key vault.
   </p>
   <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
    Use the
    <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/method/getKeyVault/#mongodb-method-getKeyVault">
     <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
      getKeyVault()
     </code>
    </a>
    method with a
    <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/core/index-partial/#std-label-index-type-partial">
     partial index
    </a>
    filter on documents with
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     keyAltNames
    </code>
    to
automatically create a
    <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/core/index-unique/#std-label-index-type-unique">
     unique index
    </a>
    on
the
    <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
     keyAltNames
    </code>
    field.
   </p>
   <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
    This method is an alias for
    <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/method/KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName/#mongodb-method-KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName">
     <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
      addKeyAlternateName()
     </code>
     .
    </a>
   </p>
  </dd>
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   Tip
  </h2>
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   <strong>
    See also:
   </strong>
  </h3>
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   <p class="leafygreen-ui-1kp3ins">
    <a class="leafygreen-ui-tqgtui" href="/docs/manual/reference/method/KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName/#mongodb-method-KeyVault.addKeyAlternateName">
     <code class="leafygreen-ui-1l06pbn">
      addKeyAlternateName()
     </code>
     .
    </a>
   </p>
  </div>
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