# Azure Repository Plugin access denied to elasticsearch.keystore **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 25, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-repository-plugin-access-denied-to-elasticsearch-keystore/149904 "2018-09-25T21:12:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![brandonmichaelhunter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandonmichaelhunter/32/33524_2.png) [@brandonmichaelhunter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brandonmichaelhunter)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-repository-plugin-access-denied-to-elasticsearch-keystore/149904/1 "2018-09-25T21:12:57Z")
I've installed Azure Repository plugin into my 6.4 ES instance on my Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS box which is hosted inside of a VM in Azure. I'm trying to perform backups and restores using a storage account I created in azure. When I try to set the account and key values I get the following error from the console: "Exception in thread 'main' java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore". I've tried running on sudo and still the same error. Provided below is an the error when I try to set the account value from a txt file and the permissions set on the /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore, /etc/elasticsearch and /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin folders. ![ElasticSearchProblem](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/1/d16b8e7f8286d7595a41be798e4eb74b1c673aea.png) ---
**Author:** ![rjernst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rjernst/32/6363_2.png) [@rjernst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rjernst)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-repository-plugin-access-denied-to-elasticsearch-keystore/149904/2 "2018-09-25T22:11:58Z")
What are the permissions of /etc/elasticsearch (not the contents)? ---
**Author:** ![brandonmichaelhunter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandonmichaelhunter/32/33524_2.png) [@brandonmichaelhunter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brandonmichaelhunter)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-repository-plugin-access-denied-to-elasticsearch-keystore/149904/3 "2018-09-26T00:28:44Z")
![ESPermissionsonEtcElasticSearch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/3/53eb71713db19e64c26f6d29e672b77e3163ea86.png) ![ESFolderPermissionOnElasticSearch](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/1/a1bf2b7a1ce78f7292ef234aa280660180bc15ce.png) See the images above. The first one is the permissions on the file permissions within the /etc/elasticsearch folder and the second is the folder permissions for elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![brandonmichaelhunter](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/brandonmichaelhunter/32/33524_2.png) [@brandonmichaelhunter](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/brandonmichaelhunter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-repository-plugin-access-denied-to-elasticsearch-keystore/149904/4 "2018-09-27T19:40:44Z")
0down vote[accept](javascript:void(0)😉 I'd resolved my issue by updating the following permissions on the elasticsearch.keystore file. Tell me if this is the right way to do it.. ```auto sudo chmod a+rwx /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore - All Users sudo chmod u+rwx /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore - Group sudo chmod g+rwx /etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.keystore - Owner ``` ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2018, 7:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-repository-plugin-access-denied-to-elasticsearch-keystore/149904/5 "2018-10-25T19:41:01Z")
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