# Improve Snapshot/Backup capabilities for Air Gapped deployments via direct downloads or allowing individuals to push snapshots to repositories such as GitLab, Nexus or Artifactory **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\ **Created:** [August 11, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improve-snapshot-backup-capabilities-for-air-gapped-deployments-via-direct-downloads-or-allowing-individuals-to-push-snapshots-to-repositories-such-as-gitlab-nexus-or-artifactory/340599 "2023-08-11T01:20:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sheldon.mcclung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sheldon.mcclung/32/124533_2.png) [@sheldon.mcclung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sheldon.mcclung)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improve-snapshot-backup-capabilities-for-air-gapped-deployments-via-direct-downloads-or-allowing-individuals-to-push-snapshots-to-repositories-such-as-gitlab-nexus-or-artifactory/340599/1 "2023-08-11T01:20:16Z")
The below image shows the docs with the current snapshot repository options. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/0/6/0672867affa7547fc828c581b79a60b93c6847da.png) For an environment that is air gapped, there are not many options available as far as registries to backup the elastic data. I propose that allowing direct downloading of the data onto a system that could handle it OR allowing admins to push the download to a url that would accept the input it would be a great addition. The shared file system repository does not work well for me as this is an ECK stack so there is no guarantee that the data will exist on a node that contains the mounted folder that would be used for backup. I will grant that deploying MinIO to emulate an S3 bucket is an option, but I would rather not have to support another tool just to do Elastic backups. I believe that additional options for snapshot repositories would be well appreciated! ---
**Author:** ![Wave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wave/32/117242_2.png) [@Wave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Wave)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 3:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improve-snapshot-backup-capabilities-for-air-gapped-deployments-via-direct-downloads-or-allowing-individuals-to-push-snapshots-to-repositories-such-as-gitlab-nexus-or-artifactory/340599/2 "2023-08-14T15:19:01Z")
Hi @sheldon.mcclung, That makes sense. I think you'll get a better response by opening up a feature request at the [elasticsearch github repo](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch). ---
**Author:** ![sheldon.mcclung](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sheldon.mcclung/32/124533_2.png) [@sheldon.mcclung](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sheldon.mcclung)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improve-snapshot-backup-capabilities-for-air-gapped-deployments-via-direct-downloads-or-allowing-individuals-to-push-snapshots-to-repositories-such-as-gitlab-nexus-or-artifactory/340599/3 "2023-08-14T17:58:33Z")
Absolutely! I just wanted to make sure this made sense to others before I opened up a feature request. Thanks for reviewing the topic! ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improve-snapshot-backup-capabilities-for-air-gapped-deployments-via-direct-downloads-or-allowing-individuals-to-push-snapshots-to-repositories-such-as-gitlab-nexus-or-artifactory/340599/4 "2023-08-23T10:08:32Z")
Closing the loop, the issue @sheldon.mcclung opened is here: > > > \### Description > > The below image shows the docs with the current snapshot reposi…tory options: > > !\[0672867affa7547fc828c581b79a60b93c6847da\](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/assets/71150347/b236ebf3-d563-4fa9-a4cf-13ee96162c5a) > > For an environment that is air gapped, there are not many options available as far as registries to backup the elastic data. > > I propose that allowing direct downloading of the data onto a system that could handle it OR allowing admins to push the download to a url that would accept the input it would be a great addition. > > The shared file system repository does not work well for me as this is an ECK stack so there is no guarantee that the data will exist on a node that contains the mounted folder that would be used for backup. > > I will grant that deploying MinIO to emulate an S3 bucket is an option, but I would rather not have to support another tool just to do Elastic backups. > > I believe that additional options for snapshot repositories would be well appreciated! I don't think it really does make sense and described my reasoning in a reply to the issue. But maybe I'm missing some context? ---
**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improve-snapshot-backup-capabilities-for-air-gapped-deployments-via-direct-downloads-or-allowing-individuals-to-push-snapshots-to-repositories-such-as-gitlab-nexus-or-artifactory/340599/5 "2023-08-23T10:47:09Z")
I also moved this thread from the Kibana forum to the Elasticsearch one, I don't think it has anything to do with Kibana. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/improve-snapshot-backup-capabilities-for-air-gapped-deployments-via-direct-downloads-or-allowing-individuals-to-push-snapshots-to-repositories-such-as-gitlab-nexus-or-artifactory/340599/6 "2023-09-20T10:47:56Z")
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