# Add AWS System Account into S3 repo for Elasticsearch snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-aws-system-account-into-s3-repo-for-elasticsearch-snapshot/181256>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-aws-system-account-into-s3-repo-for-elasticsearch-snapshot/181256 "2019-05-15T18:30:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![kevinc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d07c76/32.png) [@kevinc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kevinc)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-aws-system-account-into-s3-repo-for-elasticsearch-snapshot/181256/1 "2019-05-15T18:30:51Z")

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When trying to add a client's secret by using the command:

/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-keystore add s3.client.xxxxx-----xxxxx.secret\_key

I got this error message:

ERROR: String value must contain only ASCII

Can I know how to solve this? Thanks.

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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:** [June 12, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/add-aws-system-account-into-s3-repo-for-elasticsearch-snapshot/181256/2 "2019-06-12T18:30:58Z")

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Closed on June 12, 2019, 6:30pm UTC

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