# A question on comnmands

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 22, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082 "2015-07-22T14:16:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![DigiAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DigiAngel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DigiAngel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082/1 "2015-07-22T14:16:27Z")

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So...I see a lot of examples using things like this from [Snapshot and Restore][1]:

```
PUT /_snapshot/my_backup
{
  "type": "fs",
  "settings": {
        ... repository specific settings ...
  }
}

```

And my question is...how are people putting things like this in? They just telneting to port 9200 on localhost and putting them in manually? Or creating a file on the server in the html dir and accessing it? Would love to know..I need to make a snapshot before I do my upgrade. Thank you.  
[1]: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html)

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082/2 "2015-07-22T14:24:16Z")

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Are you asking how people make these HTTP requests? Most people probably use curl. Among Windows users I imagine that Fiddler is a common choice. If you're specifically asking about snapshot creation I believe [Curator](https://github.com/elastic/curator) is capable of that nowadays.

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**Author:** ![DigiAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DigiAngel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DigiAngel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082/3 "2015-07-22T14:25:32Z")

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Thanks Magnus..that's helpful.

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**Author:** ![colings86](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/colings86/32/44960_2.png) [@colings86](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/colings86)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082/4 "2015-07-22T14:28:32Z")

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That specific syntax is used in the Sense tool which comes as part of Marvel ([https://www.elastic.co/products/marvel](https://www.elastic.co/products/marvel))

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**Author:** ![DigiAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DigiAngel](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DigiAngel)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2015, 2:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082/5 "2015-07-22T14:48:10Z")

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Thank you Colin.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/a-question-on-comnmands/26082/6 "2017-07-05T23:59:55Z")

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