arangosh> db._create("users", { keyOptions: { allowUserKeys: false } }); [ArangoCollection 792159702, "users" (type document, status loaded)] arangosh> db.users.save({ name: "user 1" }); { "error" : false, "_id" : "users/792487382", "_rev" : "792487382", "_key" : "792487382" } 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/792815062", "_rev" : "792815062", "_key" : "792815062" }