Moving a single snapshot from repo to a different machine?

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Hi,

I want to use snapshots to do a daily backup of our .kibana index.
So I created a repo and created a few snapshots (snapshot_1, snapshot_2, snapshot_3)

Now I would like to export only the latest snapshot to another server / single node instance.
The filesystem is not human readable. I did not find any folder named like snapshot_1, etc.

So what's the easiest way to move a specific snapshot from the repo to a different machine?

Thanks, Andreas

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You can't.

A snapshot is referencing a set of file which can have been generated by a previous snapshot.

You should create a new repo on the other machine which points to the directory where you stored the snapshots on the first cluster.

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ok, thanks,

Than I will try to copy the whole repo. As long only the .kibana index is backed up, it should be small enough.

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If your are using 5.x then it's easier to use reindex from remote IMO.

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If your are using 5.x then it's easier to use reindex from remote IMO.

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