# Create snapshot failed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 30, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485 "2017-06-30T20:09:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![kmroz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmroz/32/62741_2.png) [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485/1 "2017-06-30T20:09:13Z")

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I am trying to create a repo with the api, I have setup NFS mounts on the hosts in my cluster. When using this command " curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/es-backup1](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/es-backup1)' -d '{  
"type": "fs",  
"settings": {  
"location": "/mnt/es-backup1",  
"compress": true  
}  
}' "

i get the following error " nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[es-backup1] store location [/mnt/es-backup1] is not accessible on the node [{Host number 2 in cluster ( not showing actual hostname)}{ "

Any idea what causes this?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485/2 "2017-06-30T20:33:35Z")

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Is this dir accessible from all hosts? With the same user?

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**Author:** ![kmroz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmroz/32/62741_2.png) [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485/3 "2017-07-05T13:42:09Z")

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yes, so there was an issue with the curl command. I am now getting that Repo doesnt exist but it does when I run a curl against my ES instance.

" ERROR Repository /mnt/es-backup1 not found.  
2017-07-05 13:40:17,614 ERROR Failed to complete action: snapshot. \<class 'TypeError'\>: argument of type 'bool' is not iterable "

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**Author:** ![kmroz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmroz/32/62741_2.png) [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485/4 "2017-07-05T13:49:12Z")

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actions:  
1:  
action: snapshot  
description: \>-  
Snapshot logstash- prefixed indices older than 1 day (based on index  
creation\_date) with the default snapshot name pattern of  
'curator-%Y%m%d%H%M%S'. Wait for the snapshot to complete. Do not skip  
the repository filesystem access check. Use the other options to create  
the snapshot.  
options:  
repository: /mnt/es-backup1  
name:  
ignore\_unavailable: False  
include\_global\_state: True  
partial: False  
wait\_for\_completion: True  
skip\_repo\_fs\_check: False  
timeout\_override:  
continue\_if\_exception: False  
disable\_action: False  
filters:  
- filtertype: pattern  
kind: prefix  
value: logstash\_  
exclude:  
- filtertype: age  
source: creation\_date  
direction: older  
unit: days  
unit\_count: 1  
exclude:

This is my snapshot config for curator.

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**Author:** ![kmroz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kmroz/32/62741_2.png) [@kmroz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kmroz)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485/5 "2017-07-05T14:01:22Z")

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Figured it out, this can be closed!

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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:** [August 2, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-failed/91485/6 "2017-08-02T14:01:23Z")

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