# Error while backing up ES to HDFS via plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 10, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078 "2015-02-10T22:58:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Salman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Salman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Salman)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/1 "2015-02-10T22:58:11Z")
Hadoop nodes are NOT co-located with ElasticSearch and are on CDH5.1 I installed the plugin [elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.0.2] on all Elasticsearch nodes, and restarted the nodes When I try to setup the repo, I get the following error: curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": "hdfs","uri": "hdfs://nn-ip:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": "elasticsearch","compress": true} }' {"error":"RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException: no 'path' defined for hdfs snapshot/restore\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.(Unknown Source)\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository\n\n1 error]; nested: ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[no 'path' defined for hdfs snapshot/restore]; ","status":500} Please help me, with what additional configuration needs to be done to back up ES indices to Hadoop which is not colocated on same nodes Ref:[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0a6d17b7-0494-4624-98ce-a0a6c3860183%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0a6d17b7-0494-4624-98ce-a0a6c3860183%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Salman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Salman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Salman)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/2 "2015-02-11T01:07:39Z")
I made a bit more progress, now when I run this I get this: curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": "hdfs","uri": "hds://nnip:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": "elasticsearch","load\_defaults": "true", "compress": true} }' {"error":"RemoteTransportException[[node][inet[/10.3.89.102:9300]][cluster:admin/repository/put]]; nested: RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/cli/ParseException\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.()\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n at Key[type=org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository, annotation=[none]]\n\n1 error]; nested: NoClassDefFoundError[org/apache/commons/cli/ParseException]; nested: ClassNotFoundException[org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException]; ","status":500} On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 2:58:12 PM UTC-8, Salman Ahmed wrote: > Hadoop nodes are NOT co-located with Elasticsearch and are on CDH5.1 > > I installed the plugin [elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.0.2] > on all Elasticsearch nodes, and restarted the nodes > > When I try to setup the repo, I get the following error: > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": > "hdfs","uri": > "hdfs://nn-ip:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": > "elasticsearch","compress": true} }' > > {"error":"RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; > nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting > constructor, org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException: no > 'path' defined for hdfs snapshot/restore\n at > org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.(Unknown > Source)\n while locating > org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n while locating > org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository\n\n1 error]; nested: > ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[no 'path' defined for hdfs > snapshot/restore]; ","status":500} > > Please help me, with what additional configuration needs to be done to > back up ES indices to Hadoop which is not colocated on same nodes > > Ref: > [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4db8c55e-be0d-4532-a0c6-fd8662b2542b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4db8c55e-be0d-4532-a0c6-fd8662b2542b%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [February 11, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/3 "2015-02-11T05:39:00Z")
What gives GET /\_cat/plugins ? -- David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > Le 11 févr. 2015 à 02:07, Salman Ahmed [ahmed.salman@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.salman@gmail.com) a écrit : > > I made a bit more progress, now when I run this I get this: > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": "hdfs","uri": "hds://nnip:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": "elasticsearch","load\_defaults": "true", "compress": true} }' > {"error":"RemoteTransportException[[node][inet[/10.3.89.102:9300]][cluster:admin/repository/put]]; nested: RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/cli/ParseException\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.()\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n at Key[type=org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository, annotation=[none]]\n\n1 error]; nested: NoClassDefFoundError[org/apache/commons/cli/ParseException]; nested: ClassNotFoundException[org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException]; ","status":500} > > > On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 2:58:12 PM UTC-8, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > Hadoop nodes are NOT co-located with Elasticsearch and are on CDH5.1 > > > > I installed the plugin [elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.0.2] on all Elasticsearch nodes, and restarted the nodes > > > > When I try to setup the repo, I get the following error: > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": "hdfs","uri": "hdfs://nn-ip:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": "elasticsearch","compress": true} }' > > > > {"error":"RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException: no 'path' defined for hdfs snapshot/restore\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.(Unknown Source)\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository\n\n1 error]; nested: ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[no 'path' defined for hdfs snapshot/restore]; ","status":500} > > > > Please help me, with what additional configuration needs to be done to back up ES indices to Hadoop which is not colocated on same nodes > > > > Ref:[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4db8c55e-be0d-4532-a0c6-fd8662b2542b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4db8c55e-be0d-4532-a0c6-fd8662b2542b%40googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60CACB99-C626-48DB-B440-9CE23715EDA5%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60CACB99-C626-48DB-B440-9CE23715EDA5%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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:** [February 11, 2015, 7:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/4 "2015-02-11T07:02:58Z")
I think I understand. You need to wrap hdfs settings under a settings field: $ curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{ "type": "hdfs", "settings": { // settings here } }' HTH David > Le 11 févr. 2015 à 06:39, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) a écrit : > > What gives GET /\_cat/plugins ? > > -- > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs > > > Le 11 févr. 2015 à 02:07, Salman Ahmed [ahmed.salman@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.salman@gmail.com) a écrit : > > > > I made a bit more progress, now when I run this I get this: > > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": "hdfs","uri": "hds://nnip:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": "elasticsearch","load\_defaults": "true", "compress": true} }' > > {"error":"RemoteTransportException[[node][inet[/10.3.89.102:9300]][cluster:admin/repository/put]]; nested: RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/cli/ParseException\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.()\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n at Key[type=org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository, annotation=[none]]\n\n1 error]; nested: NoClassDefFoundError[org/apache/commons/cli/ParseException]; nested: ClassNotFoundException[org.apache.commons.cli.ParseException]; ","status":500} > > > > > On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 2:58:12 PM UTC-8, Salman Ahmed wrote: > > > Hadoop nodes are NOT co-located with Elasticsearch and are on CDH5.1 > > > > > > I installed the plugin [elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.0.2] on all Elasticsearch nodes, and restarted the nodes > > > > > > When I try to setup the repo, I get the following error: > > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": "hdfs","uri": "hdfs://nn-ip:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": "elasticsearch","compress": true} }' > > > > > > {"error":"RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException: no 'path' defined for hdfs snapshot/restore\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.(Unknown Source)\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n while locating org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository\n\n1 error]; nested: ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException[no 'path' defined for hdfs snapshot/restore]; ","status":500} > > > > > > Please help me, with what additional configuration needs to be done to back up ES indices to Hadoop which is not colocated on same nodes > > > > > > Ref:[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-hadoop/tree/master/repository-hdfs) > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4db8c55e-be0d-4532-a0c6-fd8662b2542b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4db8c55e-be0d-4532-a0c6-fd8662b2542b%40googlegroups.com). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60CACB99-C626-48DB-B440-9CE23715EDA5%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/60CACB99-C626-48DB-B440-9CE23715EDA5%40pilato.fr). > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. 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**Author:** ![Salman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Salman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Salman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/5 "2015-02-13T14:41:44Z")
Thanks for the tip, now I am getting the following error: curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": "hdfs","settings":{"uri": "hdfs://ip01:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": "elasticsearch","load\_defaults": "true", "compress": true} }' {"error":"RemoteTransportException[[ip03][inet[/10.3.89.103:9300]][cluster:admin/repository/put]]; nested: RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting constructor, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/ImmutableBlobContainer\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.()\n at org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n at Key[type=org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository, annotation=[none]]\n\n1 error]; nested: NoClassDefFoundError[org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/ImmutableBlobContainer]; nested: ClassNotFoundException[org.elasticsearch.common.blobstore.ImmutableBlobContainer]; ","status":500} ---
**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:** [February 13, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/6 "2015-02-13T16:41:08Z")
What gives GET /\_cat/plugins ? What is you Elasticsearch version? -- David Pilato | Technical Advocate | [Elasticsearch.com](http://Elasticsearch.com) @dadoonet [https://twitter.com/dadoonet](https://twitter.com/dadoonet) | @elasticsearchfr [https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr](https://twitter.com/elasticsearchfr) | @scrutmydocs [https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs](https://twitter.com/scrutmydocs) > Le 13 févr. 2015 à 15:41, Salman [ahmed.salman@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.salman@gmail.com) a écrit : > > Thanks for the tip, now I am getting the following error: > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup)' -d '{"type": > "hdfs","settings":{"uri": > "hdfs://ip01:8020/","conf\_location":"/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/conf/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml","path": > "elasticsearch","load\_defaults": "true", "compress": true} }' > {"error":"RemoteTransportException[[ip03][inet[/10.3.89.103:9300]][cluster:admin/repository/put]]; > nested: RepositoryException[[my\_backup] failed to create repository]; > nested: CreationException[Guice creation errors:\n\n1) Error injecting > constructor, java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/ImmutableBlobContainer\n at > org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository.()\n at > org.elasticsearch.repositories.hdfs.HdfsRepository\n at > Key[type=org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository, annotation=[none]]\n\n1 > error]; nested: > NoClassDefFoundError[org/elasticsearch/common/blobstore/ImmutableBlobContainer]; > nested: > ClassNotFoundException[org.elasticsearch.common.blobstore.ImmutableBlobContainer]; > ","status":500} > > -- > View this message in context: [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Error-while-backing-up-ES-to-HDFS-via-plugin-tp4070310p4070515.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Error-while-backing-up-ES-to-HDFS-via-plugin-tp4070310p4070515.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1423838504957-4070515.post%40n3.nabble.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1423838504957-4070515.post%40n3.nabble.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/765E437F-1708-40C7-B202-981E00D593D3%40pilato.fr](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/765E437F-1708-40C7-B202-981E00D593D3%40pilato.fr). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Salman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Salman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Salman)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2015, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/7 "2015-02-13T16:47:19Z")
I finally got it to work with the latest beta plugin. Thank you guys for your help. ---
**Author:** ![Mungeol\_Heo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@Mungeol\_Heo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mungeol_Heo)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/8 "2015-02-24T02:16:54Z")
I met the same problem with Salman, and, also, solved by using latest beta version. BTW, I tested on elasticsearch-1.4.2. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:47 AM, Salman [ahmed.salman@gmail.com](mailto:ahmed.salman@gmail.com) wrote: > I finally got it to work with the latest beta plugin. Thank you guys for your > help. > > -- > View this message in context: [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Error-while-backing-up-ES-to-HDFS-via-plugin-tp4070310p4070526.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Error-while-backing-up-ES-to-HDFS-via-plugin-tp4070310p4070526.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1423846039443-4070526.post%40n3.nabble.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1423846039443-4070526.post%40n3.nabble.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CADQPeWwSBmZ%2BZyvjPywuS-1VXLxmt8DWRTRrcqtFQQY%2BSBuVQw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CADQPeWwSBmZ%2BZyvjPywuS-1VXLxmt8DWRTRrcqtFQQY%2BSBuVQw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![logic4fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@logic4fun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/logic4fun)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/9 "2015-07-07T21:42:10Z")
I am getting the following error curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_es\_backup](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_es_backup)' -d '{ "type":"hdfs", "settings": { "location":"hdfs://nnfailover:8020", "path":"/logs/apce\_logs","conf\_location":"/etc/hadoop/conf/hdfs-site.xml,/etc/hadoop/conf/core-site.xml" } }' {"error":"RemoteTransportException[[omhq1947][inet[/167.132.88.251:9300]][cluster/repository/put]]; nested: RepositoryException[[my\_es\_backup] failed to create repository]; nested: ExecutionError[org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ExecutionError: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lorg/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem;]; nested: ExecutionError[java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lorg/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem;]; nested: NoClassDefFoundError[Lorg/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem;]; nested: ClassNotFoundException[org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem]; ","status":500} IS MY Option to Use the BETA version ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jason\_Wee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ea924/32.png) [@Jason\_Wee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jason_Wee)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/10 "2015-07-07T23:40:19Z")
> [@logic4fun](#): > > : NoClassDefFoundError[L check if the class specified is found in the jar specified in the classpath? ---
**Author:** ![logic4fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@logic4fun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/logic4fun)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/11 "2015-07-08T15:12:36Z")
That particular class is found in the ES\_CLASSPATH which i exported jar tf hadoop-common.jar |grep "fs/FileSystem.class" org/apache/hadoop/fs/FileSystem.class What i noticed is there is no L in front of org ? is that an issue ? Thanks logic4fun ---
**Author:** ![logic4fun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@logic4fun](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/logic4fun)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/12 "2015-07-08T15:22:17Z")
Following is my complete class path echo $ES\_CLASSPATH /etc/hadoop/conf:/usr/lib/hadoop/lib/_:/usr/lib/hadoop/.//_:/usr/lib/hadoop-hdfs/./:/usr/lib/hadoop-hdfs/lib/_:/usr/lib/hadoop-hdfs/.//_:/usr/lib/hadoop-yarn/lib/_:/usr/lib/hadoop-yarn/.//_:/usr/lib/hadoop-mapreduce/lib/_:/usr/lib/hadoop-mapreduce/.//_::/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java-5.1.17.jar:/usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java.jar:/usr/lib/hadoop-mapreduce/_:/usr/lib/tez/_:/usr/lib/tez/lib/\*:/etc/tez/conf ---
**Author:** ![Astro-es](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b782af/32.png) [@Astro-es](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Astro-es)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/13 "2016-02-11T13:36:35Z")
How was this classpath issue solved? I have currently ran into the same issue. ---
**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, 11:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-while-backing-up-es-to-hdfs-via-plugin/22078/14 "2017-07-05T23:17:12Z")