# Elasticsearch restore not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-restore-not-working/63230>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 17, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-restore-not-working/63230 "2016-10-17T22:32:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![veenak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@veenak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/veenak)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 10:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-restore-not-working/63230/1 "2016-10-17T22:32:34Z")

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Im trying to restore a snapshot, Im getting below error:

curl -u admin:password -XPOST "localhost:9200/\_snapshot/backup\_16OCT2016/snapshot\_1/\_restore" -d '{  
"indices": "search",  
"ignore\_unavailable": true,  
"include\_global\_state": false  
}

{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"security\_exception","reason":"no permissions for cluster:admin/snapshot/restore"}]  
,"type":"security\_exception","reason":"no permissions for cluster:admin/snapshot/restore"},"status":403}

Tried role mappings, but no luck? Any help is appreciated

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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:** [October 18, 2016, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-restore-not-working/63230/2 "2016-10-18T06:02:23Z")

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You are using Shield?

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**Author:** ![veenak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ee59a6/32.png) [@veenak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/veenak)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-restore-not-working/63230/3 "2016-10-18T12:45:58Z")

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Im using search guard, I seeing below error in syslog:

elasticsearch[19411]: [2016-10-18 12:41:24,291][WARN][com.floragunn.searchguard.configuration.PrivilegesEvaluator] cluste  
r:admin/snapshot/restore is not allowed for a regular user.

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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:** [October 18, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-restore-not-working/63230/4 "2016-10-18T13:32:54Z")

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I see. May be open an issue in their repo?

I don't know this project and it's not supported by elastic.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-restore-not-working/63230/5 "2017-07-05T22:11:34Z")

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