# Elasticsearch Curator Snapshot: How does it work?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-snapshot-how-does-it-work/99278
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 4, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-snapshot-how-does-it-work/99278 "2017-09-04T10:36:07Z")
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### Author:  [@NandhaKrishna](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/NandhaKrishna)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-snapshot-how-does-it-work/99278/1 "2017-09-04T10:36:07Z")
I have attached the example for Curator Snapshot.yml
Will only the indices with names logstash- be snapshotted?
How do I snapshot indices with different names?
```auto
---
# Remember, leave a key empty if there is no value. None will be a string,
# not a Python "NoneType"
#
# Also remember that all examples have 'disable_action' set to True. If you
# want to use this action as a template, be sure to set this to False after
# copying it.
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:
# Leaving name blank will result in the default 'curator-%Y%m%d%H%M%S'
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:
exclude:
```
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [September 4, 2017, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-snapshot-how-does-it-work/99278/2 "2017-09-04T14:45:55Z")
I took the liberty of editing your post to encapsulate it in triple back-ticks:
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This is what you should do when pasting configuration files.
> [@NandhaKrishna](#):
>
> Will only the indices with names logstash- be snapshotted?
Based on the filters you have, it won't even work. You do have a `prefix` filter which will select only indices starting with `logstash-`, but you also have an `age` filter but have not defined a `unit_count`, which will result in an error. If you wanted to snapshot `logstash-` prefixed indices older than 30 days, you could put `30` after `unit_count:`, and then that's what would be snapshotted.
> [@NandhaKrishna](#):
>
> How do I snapshot indices with different names?
There are many different approaches you can take to snapshot more than just `logstash-` indices. What other patterns would you like to snapshot?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 2, 2017, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-curator-snapshot-how-does-it-work/99278/3 "2017-10-02T14:46:12Z")
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