# FTP repository
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 31, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508 "2021-05-31T13:06:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Chinedum\_Nwuzor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chinedum_Nwuzor)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2021, 1:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508/1 "2021-05-31T13:06:55Z")
Hello,
I am trying to setup an FTP repository for my snapshots.
However, it fails with an access denied error message.
Please the ftp url I used ftp://username:password@host/
Kindly assist.
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [May 31, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508/2 "2021-05-31T14:23:08Z")
Hey,
FTP is not supported as a repository. See [Register a snapshot repository | Elasticsearch Guide [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/snapshots-register-repository.html) and [Snapshot/Restore Repository Plugins | Elasticsearch Plugins and Integrations [7.13] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.13/repository.html)
--Alex
--Alex
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### Author:  [@Dennis1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dennis1)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2021, 8:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508/3 "2021-06-03T20:53:58Z")
Hi @spinscale, I had the same question and just came across this thread, but am curious about your answer. According to [this section of the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/snapshots-register-repository.html#snapshots-read-only-repository), it looks like FTP is supported, but only as a read-only repository.
Is that true? FTP can be used to read from a snapshot repository, but not write to one?
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### Author:  [@JohnPhilip](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JohnPhilip)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 10:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508/4 "2021-06-11T10:38:56Z")
Hi @spinscale ,
I have the same problem as @Dennis1 said, the docs is puzzle, does repository supported a ftp server to write?
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### Author:  [@JohnPhilip](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JohnPhilip)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508/5 "2021-06-11T11:53:36Z")
sry @spinscale ,
it seems that I didn't read the doc carefully, it was clearly wrote here, [read only url](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/put-snapshot-repo-api.html#put-snapshot-repo-api-request-body) .
> the cluster can retrieve or restore snapshots from the repository but cannot write or create snapshots in it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2021, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ftp-repository/274508/6 "2021-07-09T11:54:16Z")
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