arangosh> db._create("users", { keyOptions: { allowUserKeys: false } }); [ArangoCollection 285298248, "users" (type document, status loaded)] arangosh> db.users.save({ name: "user 1" }); { "_id" : "users/285625928", "_rev" : "285625928", "_key" : "285625928" } 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" }); { "_id" : "users/285953608", "_rev" : "285953608", "_key" : "285953608" }