# Sanpshot by Type:URL **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 16, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334 "2015-10-16T07:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![krish0608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krish0608/32/6797_2.png) [@krish0608](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krish0608)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/1 "2015-10-16T07:19:47Z")
{"error":"UnsupportedOperationException[URL repository doesn't support this operation]","status":500} While Taking Backup type:URL it is showing this error on selecting these option.... ignore\_unavailable True False include\_global\_state True False So,thats why it is not creating backup..please help me out. PUT /\_snapshot/my\_backup { "type": "url", "settings": { "compress" : true, "location": "[http://localhost/my\_backup/\*](http://localhost/my_backup/*)" } } ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/2 "2015-10-16T07:31:33Z")
You can not write to a read only repo. Use a Shared FS. ---
**Author:** ![krish0608](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/krish0608/32/6797_2.png) [@krish0608](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krish0608)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/3 "2015-10-16T07:32:48Z")
how to create Shared FS.??can u help me? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/4 "2015-10-16T07:34:44Z")
Well. Read that [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/modules-snapshots.html) ---
**Author:** ![terrasacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@terrasacer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/terrasacer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/5 "2015-10-24T14:07:37Z")
Hi, I have a different problem in this regard. I'm registering a repository in fs type. ``` PUT _snapshot/repofs { "type": "fs", "settings": { "location": "/root/data" } } ``` Then I create a snapshot. ``` PUT _snapshot/repofs/first { "indices": "*", "ignore_unavailable": true } ``` Then I create a repository in url type. ``` PUT _snapshot/repourl { "type": "url", "settings": { "url": "http://mysitename.com/root/data/*" } } ``` And finally, I get an FileNotFoundException when I run the following command: ``` GET /_snapshot/repourl/_all ``` > { > "error": "RepositoryException[[repourl] failed to list snapshots in repository]; nested: FileNotFoundException[[http://mysitename.com/root/data/index](http://mysitename.com/root/data/index)]; ", > "status": 500 > } Whats wrong? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/6 "2015-10-24T15:05:44Z")
What happen if you run from your elasticsearch machine: curl [http://mysitename.com/root/data/index](http://mysitename.com/root/data/index) You need to run it as the same user who is running elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![terrasacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@terrasacer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/terrasacer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/7 "2015-10-24T17:13:02Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > curl [http://mysitename.com/root/data/index](http://mysitename.com/root/data/index) server returns a page that was created for the 404. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/8 "2015-10-24T17:47:33Z")
And curl [http://mysitename.com/root/data/](http://mysitename.com/root/data/) ? Are you sure this site has the data in this URL? Might be another one depending on how your web server has been set up? ---
**Author:** ![terrasacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@terrasacer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/terrasacer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/9 "2015-10-24T17:51:37Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > Are you sure this site has the data in this URL? Might be another one depending on how your web server has been set up? Yes, I am sure. I do not understand the problem. We use nginx. Maybe this is the source of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/10 "2015-10-24T18:35:02Z")
Do you have access to [http://mysitename.com/root/data/](http://mysitename.com/root/data/) ? ---
**Author:** ![terrasacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@terrasacer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/terrasacer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/11 "2015-10-24T19:51:46Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > Do you have access to [http://mysitename.com/root/data/](http://mysitename.com/root/data/) ? Of course, I checked, the snapshot files are stored in this directory. ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/12 "2015-10-24T20:12:50Z")
I did not mean if you have access to the dir but to the url. Can you ls your data dir? ``` ls -l /root/data ``` ---
**Author:** ![terrasacer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@terrasacer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/terrasacer)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/13 "2015-10-24T20:18:58Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > Can you ls your data dir? Yes. ``` # ls -l /root/data total 32 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 32 Oct 24 13:56 index drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Oct 24 13:51 indices -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4467 Oct 24 13:51 metadata-first -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4467 Oct 24 13:56 metadata-second -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 217 Oct 24 13:51 snapshot-first -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 218 Oct 24 13:56 snapshot-second ``` ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2015, 9:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/14 "2015-10-24T21:51:53Z")
So index file is here but your web server is giving you a 404, right? And you still believe your configuration is correct? I can't help on NGinx but I think you have something wrong there. BTW running all that as root is just a nonsense, security wise. So, first fix your web server issues. When done, try to make it work with elasticsearch. HTH ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sanpshot-by-type-url/32334/15 "2017-07-05T23:42:46Z")