# How to backup only the configuration of the cluster

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-backup-only-the-configuration-of-the-cluster/360433>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 29, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-backup-only-the-configuration-of-the-cluster/360433 "2024-05-29T06:54:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![mbby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@mbby](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mbby)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 6:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-backup-only-the-configuration-of-the-cluster/360433/1 "2024-05-29T06:54:06Z")

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Hi,  
I want to create a backup of the config of my cluster (users, index mappings, beats config, kibana, ...). I know that I need to backup the /etc directories and that Elasticsearch stores a huge amount of config data in indices.  
I don't need the data inside of my own indices as it's changing fast and is outdated after a few days. Is there a way to only backup those indices that are needed for the config? And the configs (like mappings) of my own indices?

Regards  
Matthias