# Error: path.repo is empty .. status 500

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-path-repo-is-empty-status-500/46491>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 6, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-path-repo-is-empty-status-500/46491 "2016-04-06T08:13:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hilal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilal/32/7684_2.png) [@Hilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilal)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-path-repo-is-empty-status-500/46491/1 "2016-04-06T08:13:22Z")

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Hi,  
I am using Elasticsearch 2.3.0 and Kibana 4.5.0 with sense 2.0.0 plugin on CENTOS 7(KDE). I did not do snapshot and restore.

Firstly,I created my\_backup file in /backup directory and I define full permission for my\_backup file.  
After, I created path.repo in etc/elasticseach.yml:

```
.........
marvel.agent.exporters:

  id1:
    type: http
    host: ["http://es-mon-1:9200", "http://es-mon2:9200"]
    path.repo: ["/backup/my_backup"]

```

My codes snapshot code on sense editor:

```
PUT /_snapshot/my_backup1
{
  "type": "fs",
  "settings": {
    "location":"/backup/my_backup",
    "compress":true,
    "chunk_size": "10m"
  }
}

```

However it is not working. Error:

```
{
   "error": {
      "root_cause": [
         {
            "type": "repository_exception",
            "reason": "[my_backup1] failed to create repository"
         }
      ],
      "type": "repository_exception",
      "reason": "[my_backup1] failed to create repository",
      "caused_by": {
         "type": "creation_exception",
         "reason": "Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, RepositoryException[[my_backup1] location [/backup/my_backup] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty]\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.fs.FsRepository.<init>(Unknown Source)\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.fs.FsRepository\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository\n\n1 error",
         "caused_by": {
            "type": "repository_exception",
            "reason": "[my_backup1] location [/backup/my_backup] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty"
         }
      }
   },
   "status": 500
}

```

Please help me. Thank you

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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:** [April 6, 2016, 8:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-path-repo-is-empty-status-500/46491/2 "2016-04-06T08:14:32Z")

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If that first set of quotes is how you did it, that'd be why.  
Yaml is white space sensitive so you will need to remove the ones before `path.repo` and then restart ES.

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**Author:** ![Hilal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/hilal/32/7684_2.png) [@Hilal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Hilal)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-path-repo-is-empty-status-500/46491/3 "2016-04-06T08:21:54Z")

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Yes I did.  
It works fine.  
Thank you 🙂

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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, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-path-repo-is-empty-status-500/46491/4 "2017-07-05T23:02:00Z")

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