# How to take the snaphsot in Es **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 28, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293 "2018-09-28T05:52:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnrabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnrabi/32/67223_2.png) [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 5:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/1 "2018-09-28T05:52:21Z")
Hi Team, I need to take the snapshot of one index , i have confgiured in elasticsearch.yml like this path.repo: ["/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup"] while creating repository facing this exception , can anyone help me to resolve this issue? > }' > {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"repository\_exception","reason":"[esbackupindex] location [esbackup] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty"}],"type":"repository\_exception","reason":"[esbackupindex] failed to create repository","caused\_by":{"type":"repository\_exception","reason":"[esbackupindex] location [esbackup] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty"}},"status":500} ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/2 "2018-09-28T07:00:15Z")
The path you specify for your snapshot repository must be under the directory specified in `path.repo`, e.g. `/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup/snapshot1`. ---
**Author:** ![johnrabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnrabi/32/67223_2.png) [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/3 "2018-09-28T07:12:31Z")
Thank you Christian i have added path.repo: ["/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup"] like this , i have mentioned same path while creating the repository curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/\_snapshot/timo\_backup2' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d' > { > "type": "fs", > "settings": { > "compress" : true, > "location": "/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup" > } > }' facing this exception {"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"repository\_exception","reason":"[timo\_backup2] location [/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty"}],"type":"repository\_exception","reason":"[timo\_backup2] failed to create repository","caused\_by":{"type":"repository\_exception","reason":"[timo\_backup2] location [/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty"}},"status":500} ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/4 "2018-09-28T07:13:41Z")
Have you restarted Elasticsearch since you updated `path.repo`? ---
**Author:** ![johnrabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnrabi/32/67223_2.png) [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/5 "2018-09-28T07:14:11Z")
yes i have restarted the elasticsearch after these changes made, my config yml path is elasticsearch-6.4.0/data/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml cluster.name: my-application # # ------------------------------------ Node ------------------------------------ # # Use a descriptive name for the node: # node.name: node-1 path.repo: ["/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup"] # # Add custom attributes to the node: # #node.attr.rack: r1 # # ----------------------------------- Paths ------------------------------------ # # Path to directory where to store the data (separate multiple locations by comma): # path.data: /var/lib/elasticsearch # # Path to log files: # path.logs: /var/log/elasticsearch # # ----------------------------------- Memory ----------------------------------- # # Lock the memory on startup: # #bootstrap.memory\_lock: true # ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/6 "2018-09-28T07:16:32Z")
Are you sure that is the configuration file that is being picked up? How did you install Elasticsearch? What operating system are you using? ---
**Author:** ![johnrabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnrabi/32/67223_2.png) [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/7 "2018-09-28T07:17:40Z")
yes,my OS is ubuntu , i have installed elasticsearch as with debian package.i am not sure this is the config file is picked up or not , inside the folder i have checked one yml file is there ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/8 "2018-09-28T07:21:21Z")
Then I would expect it to use the config file located in the `/etc/elasticsearch` directory [as outlined in the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/deb.html#deb-layout). ---
**Author:** ![johnrabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnrabi/32/67223_2.png) [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/9 "2018-09-28T07:22:36Z")
Thanks @Christian_Dahlqvist , let me try that one. ---
**Author:** ![johnrabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnrabi/32/67223_2.png) [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/10 "2018-09-28T07:39:00Z")
hi @Christian_Dahlqvist I have configured same file located in /data/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml and restarted the es also but still facing same issue ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/11 "2018-09-28T07:42:41Z")
> [@johnrabi](#): > > /data/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml That is not the path I gave. Are you sure this is the correct location? ---
**Author:** ![johnrabi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/johnrabi/32/67223_2.png) [@johnrabi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johnrabi)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/12 "2018-09-28T07:50:24Z")
yes @Christian_Dahlqvist now its fine , but now facing another exception type":"exception","reason":"failed to create blob container","caused\_by":{"type":"access\_denied\_exception","reason":"/home/tf-java4/Desktop/esbackup/tests-T3LGVeMNT7CcwFSOgOTIlg" ---
**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/13 "2018-09-28T07:51:19Z")
Does the `elasticsearch` user have read and write access to that directory? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-take-the-snaphsot-in-es/150293/14 "2018-10-26T07:51:22Z")
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