# Create snapshot in s3 - issue to create snapshot in region eu-west-2 **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 25, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-in-s3-issue-to-create-snapshot-in-region-eu-west-2/149852 "2018-09-25T14:26:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronshaiko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ronshaiko/32/35859_2.png) [@Ronshaiko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ronshaiko)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-in-s3-issue-to-create-snapshot-in-region-eu-west-2/149852/1 "2018-09-25T14:26:01Z")
Hi guys, I'm trying to create es snapshots in s3, region: eu-west-2 (London) and facing failure. Please see below more info: es version: ```auto curl -XGET 'localhost:9200' { "name" : "node-name", "cluster_name" : "es-cluster", "cluster_uuid" : "IYV8G-gSRmqkQLsSw2OXwQ", "version" : { "number" : "2.4.6", "build_hash" : "5376dca9f70f3abef96a77f4bb22720ace8240fd", "build_timestamp" : "2017-07-18T12:17:44Z", "build_snapshot" : false, "lucene_version" : "5.5.4" }, "tagline" : "You Know, for Search" ``` when trying to create snapshot in other region (eu-west-1 for example), it looks good: ```auto curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/s3_repository?verify=false&pretty' -d' { "type": "s3", "settings": { "bucket": "bucket-snapshot", "region": "eu-west-1" } }' ``` response is: ```auto { "acknowledged" : true } ``` but, when trying the same but in region eu-west-2 - it failed: ```auto curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/s3_repository?verify=false&pretty' -d' { "type": "s3", "settings": { "bucket": "bucket-snapshot", "region": "eu-west-2" } }' ``` response is: ```auto { "error" : { "root_cause" : [ { "type" : "repository_exception", "reason" : "[s3_repository] failed to create repository" } ], "type" : "repository_exception", "reason" : "[s3_repository] failed to create repository", "caused_by" : { "type" : "creation_exception", "reason" : "Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No automatic endpoint could be derived from region [eu-west-2]\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository.(Unknown Source)\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.s3.S3Repository\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository\n\n1 error", "caused_by" : { "type" : "illegal_argument_exception", "reason" : "No automatic endpoint could be derived from region [eu-west-2]" } } }, "status" : 500 } ``` can you please assist with issue ? what is wrong here ? Thank you, Ron ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-in-s3-issue-to-create-snapshot-in-region-eu-west-2/149852/2 "2018-09-25T15:35:10Z")
Elasticsearch 2.4 uses AWS SDK version 1.10.69, released no later than April 2016, whereas the AWS `eu-west-2` region was launched in December 2016, so needs a newer SDK. ---
**Author:** ![Ronshaiko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ronshaiko/32/35859_2.png) [@Ronshaiko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ronshaiko)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 11:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-in-s3-issue-to-create-snapshot-in-region-eu-west-2/149852/3 "2018-09-26T11:17:47Z")
thank you ! ---
**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:** [September 26, 2018, 1:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-in-s3-issue-to-create-snapshot-in-region-eu-west-2/149852/4 "2018-09-26T13:00:03Z")
That said, it's probably possible to use the `endpoint` instead of `region`. This has been implemented in the plugin to make that possible. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.4/cloud-aws-repository.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/2.4/cloud-aws-repository.html) So probably this should work although the API version might not be compatible. I mean that you need to test it 😉 : ```auto curl -XPUT 'http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/s3_repository?verify=false&pretty' -d' { "type": "s3", "settings": { "bucket": "bucket-snapshot", "endpoint": "s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com" } }' ``` ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2018, 2:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-in-s3-issue-to-create-snapshot-in-region-eu-west-2/149852/5 "2018-09-26T14:50:51Z")
I would be very interested to hear if this does work. I did not suggest setting the `endpoint` because AIUI the [signature algorithm apparently requires the region name](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/sigv4-calculate-signature.html) and I expected that setting the endpoint explicitly would leave the region blank, but I have neither tried it nor traced through the code to verify how it sets the region in this case. If it does work, please let us know! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-snapshot-in-s3-issue-to-create-snapshot-in-region-eu-west-2/149852/6 "2018-10-24T14:51:00Z")
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