# Repository verification exception in kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-verification-exception-in-kibana/186042>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 17, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-verification-exception-in-kibana/186042 "2019-06-17T10:34:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![swapnali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@swapnali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swapnali)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 10:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-verification-exception-in-kibana/186042/1 "2019-06-17T10:34:17Z")

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Hi,

I want to take snapshot of my cluster, i have three nodes elsearchdv1,elsearchdv2 , elsearchdv3 and master is elsearchdv2.  
I am using curator, version 5.7.6.  
i created repository using below command:  
PUT /\_snapshot/elbkp\_17  
{

"type": "fs",  
"settings": {  
"compress" : true,  
"location": "/etc/elasticsearch/elbkp/"  
}

}

I below error

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## [bkp1] [[r--AzOSLQjm7eHqGIeP5Yg, 'RemoteTransportException[[elsearchdv2][:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[bkp1] a file written by master to the store [/tmp/elbkp] cannot be accessed on the node [{elsearchdv2}{r--AzOSLQjm7eHqGIeP5Yg}{5WMGBVa7Sz6skTY0mHSmUA}{elsearchdv2}{:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=6050390016, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/tmp/elbkp] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];'], [f4WD0oefSO-OUuSEh1aoJQ, 'RemoteTransportException[[elsearchdv3][el:9300][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[bkp1] a file written by master to the store [/tmp/elbkp] cannot be accessed on the node [{elsearchdv3}{f4WD0oefSO-OUuSEh1aoJQ}{F80P4ZHKQIu1R6ativg2Yw}{elsearchdv3}{:9300}{ml.machine\_memory=6068117504, xpack.installed=true, ml.max\_open\_jobs=20, ml.enabled=true}]. This might indicate that the store [/tmp/elbkp] is not shared between this node and the master node or that permissions on the store don't allow reading files written by the master node];']]" } ]

Please help me.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-verification-exception-in-kibana/186042/2 "2019-06-17T11:06:29Z")

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The path specified in the snapshot repository must be a **shared file system** available to **all** nodes in the cluster on the same path. The error message indicates the file system might not be shared or that all processes are not able to read/write from it.

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**Author:** ![swapnali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@swapnali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swapnali)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-verification-exception-in-kibana/186042/3 "2019-06-19T07:48:27Z")

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1.Which File system i should used?  
2.because for any files system we can mount any one.

Please help

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-verification-exception-in-kibana/186042/4 "2019-06-19T07:56:35Z")

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A shared NFS mount should work.

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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:** [July 17, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/repository-verification-exception-in-kibana/186042/5 "2019-07-17T07:56:40Z")

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