# Index.data\_path support
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-data-path-support/159341
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 4, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-data-path-support/159341 "2018-12-04T10:51:24Z")
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### Author:  [@coolkrishnan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/coolkrishnan)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2018, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-data-path-support/159341/1 "2018-12-04T10:51:24Z")
In ES 6.2, I wanted to store the data of a particular index in its own directory. To do it, I tried creating a mapping:
```
PUT kings
{
"settings" : {
"index" : {
"number_of_shards" : 3,
"number_of_replicas" : 1,
"data_path": "/tmp/dummy"
}
}
}
```
I got an error "path.shared\_data must be set in order to use custom data paths". Has the feature added by [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/9033](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/9033) been deprecated or changed ? It appears so, as ElasticSearch refuses to start when I add
node.enable\_custom\_paths: true to elasticsearch.yml.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2019, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/index-data-path-support/159341/2 "2019-01-01T10:51:28Z")
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