arangosh> db._create("users", { keyOptions: { allowUserKeys: false } }); [ArangoCollection 459787507, "users" (type document, status loaded)] arangosh> db.users.save({ name: "user 1" }); { "_id" : "users/460115187", "_rev" : "460115187", "_key" : "460115187" } 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/460442867", "_rev" : "460442867", "_key" : "460442867" }