# Read-only URL Repository
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-url-repository/343104
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 15, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-url-repository/343104 "2023-09-15T06:05:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@frh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/frh)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2023, 6:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-url-repository/343104/1 "2023-09-15T06:05:01Z")
Hi,
I just created read-only URL repository and give it a name as "test". I got this error when verify repository:
```auto
{
"error": {
"root_cause": [
{
"type": "repository_exception",
"reason": "[test] file url [http://testrepo] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo or repositories.url.allowed_urls"
}
],
"type": "repository_exception",
"reason": "[test] file url [http://testrepo] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo or repositories.url.allowed_urls"
},
"status": 500
}
```
Can you please pinpoint how can I get this repo verified successfully? I don't know how to find path.repo or repositories.url.allowed\_urls.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [September 15, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-url-repository/343104/2 "2023-09-15T10:17:45Z")
You need to change `repositories.url.allowed_urls` according to [the docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshots-read-only-repository.html):
> URLs using the `http`, `https`, or `ftp` protocols must be explicitly allowed with the [`repositories.url.allowed_urls`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshot-settings.html#repositories-url-allowed) cluster setting. This setting supports wildcards in the place of a host, path, query, or fragment in the URL.
The [doc says then](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshot-settings.html#repositories-url-allowed):
> ([Static](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/settings.html#static-cluster-setting)) Specifies the [read-only URL repositories](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshots-read-only-repository.html) that snapshots can be restored from.
And then the description of "[static](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/settings.html#static-cluster-setting)" is:
> Static settings can only be configured on an unstarted or shut down node using `elasticsearch.yml`.
>
> Static settings must be set on every relevant node in the cluster.
So you must edit `elasticsearch.yml` on all nodes and restart your nodes.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 13, 2023, 10:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/read-only-url-repository/343104/3 "2023-10-13T10:17:56Z")
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