# Backup of Elasticsearch using velero

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-elasticsearch-using-velero/236408>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 9, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-elasticsearch-using-velero/236408 "2020-06-09T18:51:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2020, 6:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/backup-of-elasticsearch-using-velero/236408/2 "2020-06-09T18:56:29Z")

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The only supported way to backup Elasticsearch is via the [snapshot and restore APIs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshot-restore.html). File system level backups are not guaranteed to work at all, so relying on this is very risky.

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