arangosh> db.ids.ensureIndex({ type: "persistent", fields: [ "myId" ], unique: true }); { "id" : "ids/16084", "type" : "persistent", "fields" : [ "myId" ], "unique" : true, "sparse" : false, "isNewlyCreated" : true, "code" : 201 } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "myId": 123 }); { "_id" : "ids/16087", "_key" : "16087", "_rev" : "16087" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "myId": 456 }); { "_id" : "ids/16091", "_key" : "16091", "_rev" : "16091" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "myId": 789 }); { "_id" : "ids/16094", "_key" : "16094", "_rev" : "16094" } arangosh> db.ids.save({ "myId": 123 }); [ArangoError 1210: cannot create document, unique constraint violated]