# Path.repo is not being updated by elasticsearch.yml file **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** docker\ **Created:** [October 5, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-repo-is-not-being-updated-by-elasticsearch-yml-file/344441 "2023-10-05T05:53:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Faker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Faker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Faker)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-repo-is-not-being-updated-by-elasticsearch-yml-file/344441/1 "2023-10-05T05:53:06Z")
Hi, I'd like to thank you in advance for your reply. i am going through hard tasks. our team use ES 7.13.12 and wants to migrate (& upgrade) to docker ELK 8.10.2 according to ES document, i should go through 7.17.13 before going to 8.10.2. so, i set up dockers for 7.17 and 8.10 my plan is to take snapshots on original ELK (v7.13.12) -\> then restore on ELK v7.17.13 (does this process reindex indices automatically??) --\> then take snapshots on ELK v7.17.13 ---\> then restore on ELK v8.10.2 restoring process went through **Restore an entire cluster** **path.repo** defined in docker-compose.yml is well recognized i checked through below prompt ```auto curl -k -u elastic:pwd -X GET https://localhost:PORT/_nodes/?pretty ``` ```auto "path" : { "logs" : "/usr/share/elasticsearch/logs", "home" : "/usr/share/elasticsearch", "repo" : [ "/nas_data/es_backup/iddx" ] }, ``` but **path.repo** that i typed inside elasticsearch.yml (inside docker container) is not recognized this is the line i added to elasticsearch.yml ```auto path.repo: ["/nas_data/es_backup/iddx/", "/nas_data/es_backup/djtest"] ``` i restarted docker, checked authority of directory, but path.repo is not updated. ( iddx directory is what i wrote down in docker-compose.yml at first) i searched through so much documents but i couldn't find solutions so please help me i saw some webpage about ```auto java -version ``` but i'm not sure ---
**Author:** ![HiteshSingh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f475e1/32.png) [@HiteshSingh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HiteshSingh)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-repo-is-not-being-updated-by-elasticsearch-yml-file/344441/2 "2023-10-05T11:53:35Z")
Are you following these documents for migration? [Upgrade to Elastic 8.9.1 | Elastic Installation and Upgrade Guide [8.9] | Elastic ](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/8.9/upgrading-elastic-stack.html#prepare-to-upgrade) and [Upgrade Elasticsearch | Elastic Installation and Upgrade Guide [8.9] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack/8.9/upgrading-elasticsearch.html) What is the exact error are you getting? Please elaborate more. ---
**Author:** ![Faker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Faker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Faker)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 12:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-repo-is-not-being-updated-by-elasticsearch-yml-file/344441/3 "2023-10-06T00:09:17Z")
Thanks, but one of my question is that even though i modified elasticsearch.yml inside docker-container, ```auto root@09161caa83e4:/usr/share/elasticsearch/config# cat elasticsearch.yml cluster.name: "docker-cluster" network.host: 0.0.0.0 path.repo: ["/nas_data/es_backup/iddx", "/nas_data/es_backup/djtest"] ``` i got the error message "Cannot register new repository, failed to create repository ```auto "Caused by: org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoryException: [ddd] location [/nas_data/es_backup/djtest] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.fs.FsRepository.(FsRepository.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-7.17.13.jar:7.17.13]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesModule.lambda$new$0(RepositoriesModule.java:45) ~[elasticsearch-7.17.13.jar:7.17.13]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.Repository$Factory.create(Repository.java:66) ~[elasticsearch-7.17.13.jar:7.17.13]", "at org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoriesService.createRepository(RepositoriesService.java:658) ~[elasticsearch-7.17.13.jar:7.17.13]", "... 73 more"] } ``` of course i restarted docker, checked authentication of directory but it seems that the change doesn't take effect at all. ---
**Author:** ![HiteshSingh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f475e1/32.png) [@HiteshSingh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/HiteshSingh)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2023, 1:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-repo-is-not-being-updated-by-elasticsearch-yml-file/344441/4 "2023-10-06T13:55:45Z")
Are you running this in a cluster mode or as a single node? If in cluster mode, make sure all the nodes have same value of `path.repo` Still if it doesn't work, try clearing your complete data and place the paths again and restart elastic. ---
**Author:** ![Faker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Faker](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Faker)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-repo-is-not-being-updated-by-elasticsearch-yml-file/344441/5 "2023-10-10T00:29:57Z")
i have tested on both environment. (single node, multi node) and i set-up new docker container so it does not contain any data. so strange.. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 12:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/path-repo-is-not-being-updated-by-elasticsearch-yml-file/344441/6 "2023-11-07T00:30:06Z")
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