# Mount Shared Repository for Snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mount-shared-repository-for-snapshot/240563>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mount-shared-repository-for-snapshot/240563 "2020-07-09T16:11:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![aducSG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@aducSG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aducSG)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mount-shared-repository-for-snapshot/240563/1 "2020-07-09T16:11:01Z")

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Hello,

I want to use the Snapshot module in order to make backups of my one and only index.

I created manually the folder in this location C:\ProgramData\Elastic\Elasticsearch\Snapshots, and I gave the written and read rights to it.  
I also added the path.repo, in the elasticsearch.yml :  
path.repo: C:\ProgramData\Elastic\Elasticsearch\Snapshots

and when I tried to select this shared folder on Kibana, I have the following error:

[Snapshots] location [C:\ProgramData\Elastic\Elasticsearch\Snapshots] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty

Can anyone help me please ?

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**Author:** ![Vinayak\_Sapre](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vinayak_sapre/32/45939_2.png) [@Vinayak\_Sapre](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vinayak_Sapre)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mount-shared-repository-for-snapshot/240563/2 "2020-07-09T16:53:29Z")

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@aducSG  
After adding path.repo in elasticsearch.yml have you restarted elasticsearch?

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**Author:** ![aducSG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@aducSG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aducSG)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mount-shared-repository-for-snapshot/240563/3 "2020-07-09T21:29:38Z")

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Thank you for your answer.  
Yes, I have restarted elasticsearch, but it was still not possible to reach the repository.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mount-shared-repository-for-snapshot/240563/4 "2020-08-06T21:29:42Z")

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