# ElasticSearch Backup using Rsync

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-using-rsync/69916>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 23, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-using-rsync/69916 "2016-12-23T16:26:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sjothi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sjothi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sjothi)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2016, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-using-rsync/69916/1 "2016-12-23T16:26:46Z")

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Hi Folks,

I have a couple of questions regarding Elasticsearch backup.

1. Do I need to the backup of Elasticsearch node? Note - I am using Elasticsearch with Bitbucket.
2. How to take the Elasticsearch backup using Rsync? Any GitHub code line or any other example?

Thanks,  
Senthil

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 4:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-using-rsync/69916/2 "2016-12-27T04:37:01Z")

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Do not do it with rsync, there is an API for this - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/modules-snapshots.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.1/modules-snapshots.html)

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**Author:** ![sjothi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5e9695/32.png) [@sjothi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sjothi)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-using-rsync/69916/3 "2016-12-27T14:18:41Z")

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Hi,  
Thanks for the reply. I am not using any shared file system like Netapp or anything. I am using the local file system to store my index. Can I still use those API(s)?

If I can still use those API(s), what settings I should pass in the below API and what is this location(/\_snapshot/my\_backup)?

PUT /\_snapshot/my\_backup  
{  
"type": "fs",  
"settings": {  
... repository specific settings ...  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-using-rsync/69916/4 "2016-12-27T19:26:51Z")

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No you can't. Just don't use rsync, it'll likely break things.

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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:** [January 24, 2017, 7:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-backup-using-rsync/69916/5 "2017-01-24T19:26:53Z")

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