# How to use Azure Storage plugin in ECK for Snapshot **URL:** \ **Category:** Elastic Cloud on Kubernetes (ECK)\ **Created:** [June 17, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513 "2020-06-17T16:52:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robinhood\_lko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@robinhood\_lko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robinhood_lko)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2020, 4:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/1 "2020-06-17T16:52:51Z")
Hi All, I have to configure snapshot in ECK Deployment. Elasticsearch documentation has given example for Google cloud. Please can anyone list the steps for that. I tried this - Created a file azure.client.default.credentials\_file ```auto { "azure.client.default.account": "ddddadsdasascs", "azure.client.default.key": "csvtbdv" } ``` Create secret - ```auto kubectl create secret generic azure-snapshot-credentials --from-file=azure.client.default.credentials_file -n dev ``` and updated the file with this - ```auto spec: secureSettings: - secretName: "azure-snapshot-credentials" ``` But I see the pod started crashing with following error - _java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown secure setting [azure.client.default.credentials\_file] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings_ I am pretty sure, i am doing something wrong. Please can someone help me on this. Thanks Regards AK ---
**Author:** ![sebgl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sebgl/32/48702_2.png) [@sebgl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sebgl)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/2 "2020-06-18T08:23:28Z")
You probably want to install the [azure repository plugin](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.7/repository-azure.html). Please look at [ECK plugins documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-on-k8s/current/k8s-init-containers-plugin-downloads.html). ---
**Author:** ![robinhood\_lko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@robinhood\_lko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robinhood_lko)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 9:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/3 "2020-06-18T09:05:47Z")
Hi Sebastien @sebgl, I am using custom build image with plugin. Please let me know anything else need to be done. ```auto FROM ${repository_url}/elasticsearch:7.7.0 RUN bin/elasticsearch-plugin install --batch https:///repository-azure-7.7.0.zip ``` Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![robinhood\_lko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@robinhood\_lko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robinhood_lko)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/4 "2020-06-22T15:55:12Z")
Hi Sebgl, I am able to proceed further via correcting some information. I created a secret with following yaml file. ```auto apiVersion: v1 kind: Secret metadata: name: azure-snapshot-scret type: Opaque data: azure.client.default.account: azure.client.default.key: ``` Now when i am running repository test following error is coming ```auto {"type": "server", "timestamp": "2020-06-22T15:32:19,515Z", "level": "WARN", "component": "r.suppressed", "cluster.name": "emptydir-els", "node.name": "emptydir-els-es-master-0", "message": "path: /_snapshot/test/_verify, params: {repository=test}", "cluster.uuid": "hZne8eJ5SgOeGeslyLvJkw", "node.id": "0c1AOl99Ta-w-6fE7ivrzA" , "stacktrace": ["org.elasticsearch.common.settings.SettingsException: Invalid azure client settings with name [default]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.client(AzureStorageService.java:112) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.writeBlob(AzureStorageService.java:327) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureBlobStore.writeBlob(AzureBlobStore.java:119) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureBlobContainer.writeBlob(AzureBlobContainer.java:101) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureBlobContainer.writeBlobAtomic(AzureBlobContainer.java:109) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.blobstore.BlobStoreRepository.startVerification(BlobStoreRepository.java:1065) ~[elasticsearch-7.7.0.jar:7.7.0]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesService$3.doRun(RepositoriesService.java:246) ~[elasticsearch-7.7.0.jar:7.7.0]", "at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext$ContextPreservingAbstractRunnable.doRun(ThreadContext.java:692) [elasticsearch-7.7.0.jar:7.7.0]", "at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.AbstractRunnable.run(AbstractRunnable.java:37) [elasticsearch-7.7.0.jar:7.7.0]", "at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1130) [?:?]", "at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:630) [?:?]", "at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:832) [?:?]", "Caused by: java.security.InvalidKeyException: Storage Key is not a valid base64 encoded string.", "at com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageCredentials.tryParseCredentials(StorageCredentials.java:68) ~[?:?]", "at com.microsoft.azure.storage.CloudStorageAccount.tryConfigureServiceAccount(CloudStorageAccount.java:664) ~[?:?]", "at com.microsoft.azure.storage.CloudStorageAccount.parse(CloudStorageAccount.java:285) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.createClient(AzureStorageService.java:140) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.buildClient(AzureStorageService.java:117) ~[?:?]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.client(AzureStorageService.java:110) ~[?:?]", "... 11 more"] } ``` ---
**Author:** ![robinhood\_lko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@robinhood\_lko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robinhood_lko)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/5 "2020-06-22T18:18:42Z")
> [@robinhood\_lko](#): > > ```auto > "Caused by: java.security.InvalidKeyException: Storage Key is not a valid base64 encoded string.", > "at com.microsoft.azure.storage.StorageCredentials.tryParseCredentials(StorageCredentials.java:68) ~[?:?]", > "at com.microsoft.azure.storage.CloudStorageAccount.tryConfigureServiceAccount(CloudStorageAccount.java:664) ~[?:?]", > "at com.microsoft.azure.storage.CloudStorageAccount.parse(CloudStorageAccount.java:285) ~[?:?]", > "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.createClient(AzureStorageService.java:140) ~[?:?]", > "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.buildClient(AzureStorageService.java:117) ~[?:?]", > "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.azure.AzureStorageService.client(AzureStorageService.java:110) ~[?:?]", > "... 11 more"] } > > ``` I am able to fix it now. Values for Account name and Key details after encryption were not proper. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Fikrat\_Karimli](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/fikrat_karimli/32/76086_2.png) [@Fikrat\_Karimli](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Fikrat_Karimli)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 12:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/6 "2020-10-28T12:27:54Z")
> [@robinhood\_lko](#): > > `azure-snapshot-credentials` İ did everything accordingly but still failing. I also read a Medium post about this still no result. ---
**Author:** ![robinhood\_lko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f8ce5/32.png) [@robinhood\_lko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/robinhood_lko)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/7 "2021-05-12T09:24:46Z")
Probably in some cases I noticed the base64 of key was having a "/n". Make sure proper base64 is being generated. ---
**Author:** ![dis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@dis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dis)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/8 "2021-08-11T17:35:19Z")
Hi @robinhood_lko, Can you provide the complete infos to configure the Azure storage? I'm deploying elasticsearch using Helm So far this is what you have done. 1 - Create a file containing account + key and secret { "azure.client.default.account": "ddddadsdasascs", "azure.client.default.key": "csvtbdv" } kubectl create secret generic azure-snapshot-credentials --from-file=azure.client.default.credentials\_file -n dev What was the fix from the exception? ```auto java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown secure setting [azure.client.default.credentials_file] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings ``` 2 - What was the fix for the base-64 account & key 3 - Did you set any key in elasticsearch.yml and keystore? 4 - I have installed the repository-azure plugin 5 - Please include any infos that I did not covered above Regards, Dis ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2022, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-azure-storage-plugin-in-eck-for-snapshot/237513/9 "2022-11-04T08:02:52Z")