# How to take backup from snapshot repositories and policies? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** slm-snapshot-lifecycle-management\ **Created:** [May 18, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-backup-from-snapshot-repositories-and-policies/305028 "2022-05-18T07:29:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siavash\_Fazli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/siavash_fazli/32/103915_2.png) [@Siavash\_Fazli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siavash_Fazli)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2022, 7:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-backup-from-snapshot-repositories-and-policies/305028/1 "2022-05-18T07:29:03Z")
Hi guys, is there any way to save snapshot repositories and policies?? when I run a new ELK stack I should insert snapshot repositories and policies manually. My question is a little funny 😄 : **How to create a policy that takes a backup from policies? and also repositories!!** ---
**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:** [May 19, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-backup-from-snapshot-repositories-and-policies/305028/2 "2022-05-19T23:09:24Z")
Repositories are stored in cluster metadata, which you can snapshot and then restore if you'd like. But it would contain all the metadata of the cluster, which may not be what you want. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-backup-from-snapshot-repositories-and-policies/305028/3 "2022-06-16T23:10:14Z")
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