# Setting Up Snapshot Feature

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-snapshot-feature/267559>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\
**Created:** [March 17, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-snapshot-feature/267559 "2021-03-17T18:20:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![test\_tester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/test_tester/32/79990_2.png) [@test\_tester](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/test_tester)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2021, 6:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-snapshot-feature/267559/1 "2021-03-17T18:20:27Z")

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Hi,

So I've tested out curl commands for snapshot API on localhost and its working fine.

Moving forward, am attempting to replicate the same thing in my staging/test servers for my elk nodes (i have 3 nodes).

My questions are:  
Are there any kind of file (yaml), ssl certificate, repository or any other kind of consideration that I should take note of?

Any guides on how I can set up the snapshot API on servers other than localhost would be greatly appreciated.

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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:** [March 18, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-snapshot-feature/267559/2 "2021-03-18T05:55:04Z")

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File system snapshots need to use shared storage, e.g. NFS volume, that is mounted in the same location on all nodes in the cluster. Instructions for how to set this up is [available here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.11/snapshots-register-repository.html).

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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:** [April 15, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/setting-up-snapshot-feature/267559/3 "2021-04-15T05:55:38Z")

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