arangosh> db._create("users", { keyOptions: { allowUserKeys: false } }); [ArangoCollection 775022199, "users" (type document, status loaded)] arangosh> db.users.save({ name: "user 1" }); { "error" : false, "_id" : "users/775349879", "_rev" : "775349879", "_key" : "775349879" } arangosh> db.users.save({ name: "user 2", _key: "myuser" }); [ArangoError 1222: collection does not allow using user-defined keys] arangosh> db.users.save({ name: "user 3" }); { "error" : false, "_id" : "users/775677559", "_rev" : "775677559", "_key" : "775677559" }