# How to create Repository for the gcloud ElasticSearch Instances **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 26, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952 "2015-10-26T05:29:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/1 "2015-10-26T05:29:10Z")
Please find the pic where we are getting error while creating repository in gcloud instances. Thanks in advance Kartheek G ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/f/ffa79c15422d060827869cbb609e55c70db2c750.png)ummaluri ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/2 "2015-10-26T05:43:32Z")
It's a lot easier if you paste the text than an image. Did you check the error that is being reported? ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/3 "2015-10-26T05:48:39Z")
I believe you did not "mount" the dir on all nodes. ---
**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 5:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/4 "2015-10-26T05:51:48Z")
{ "error": "RepositoryVerificationException[[backup] [POdZRrZgTGaE1JnHF-M7AA, 'RemoteTransportException[[mces-mces-2-vm][inet[/10.240.0.14:9300]][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[backup] a file written by master to the store [/usr/backup] cannot be accessed on the node [[mces-mces-2-vm][POdZRrZgTGaE1JnHF-M7AA][mces-mces-2-vm.c.mc-stage.internal][inet[mces-mces-2-vm.c.mc-stage.internal/10.240.0.14:9300]]]. This might indicate that the store [/usr/backup] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node]; ']]]", "status": 500 } ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/5 "2015-10-26T06:00:07Z")
Right, but did you read it, as David mentions it explains what the problem is in the error. ---
**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2015, 6:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/6 "2015-10-26T06:01:57Z")
can you tell me what to mount ---
**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:** [October 26, 2015, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/7 "2015-10-26T06:26:16Z")
/usr/backup Must be readable on all nodes. Unfortunately cloud-gce plugin does not support yet Google storage. This is coming soonish. ---
**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, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-repository-for-the-gcloud-elasticsearch-instances/32952/8 "2017-07-05T23:42:45Z")