# Getting error while trying to take snapshot using curator
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-trying-to-take-snapshot-using-curator/251429
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [October 8, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-trying-to-take-snapshot-using-curator/251429 "2020-10-08T11:26:26Z")
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### Author:  [@knagasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/knagasri)
#### Post date: [October 8, 2020, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-trying-to-take-snapshot-using-curator/251429/1 "2020-10-08T11:26:26Z")
I am getting the below error, while taking snapshot using Curator:
Failed to complete action: snapshot. \: Cannot snapshot indices to missing repository: xxxx
Here I am using GCS bucket name in the field of repository. Below is the curator-config:
actions:
```
1:
action: snapshot
description: Taking snapshots
options:
repository: es-backup-buckett
name: cuartor-snapshot
filters:
- filtertype: pattern
kind: prefix
value: facebook
```
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### Author:  [@knagasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/knagasri)
#### Post date: [October 29, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-trying-to-take-snapshot-using-curator/251429/2 "2020-10-29T14:43:03Z")
Able to get rid of the error after creating a repository in kibana UI
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2020, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-trying-to-take-snapshot-using-curator/251429/3 "2020-11-26T14:43:14Z")
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