Shared fs backup repository credentials

Elastic Stack Elasticsearch
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Hi there,

I have read through the documentation for snapshot and restore, but have encountered the following error when I have my path.repo pointing to "\\SERVER\share" or even to a mapped drive ("U:\backups") in my elasticsearch.yml. This share requires credentials to authenticate. How do I pass these credentials along in order to be able to access the mapped drive?

Elasticsearch version: 6.2.2
Desired repository type: fs
path.repo=["U:\backups","\\SERVER\share"]

[2018-04-13T15:34:04,061][ERROR][o.e.b.Bootstrap ] Exception
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to access 'path.repo' (U:\ElasticsearchBackupService)
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.FilePermissionUtils.addDirectoryPath(FilePermissionUtils.java:70) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.addFilePermissions(Security.java:323) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.createPermissions(Security.java:262) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.configure(Security.java:123) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:208) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:323) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:121) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) [elasticsearch-cli-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:92) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:85) [elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
Caused by: java.nio.file.FileSystemException: U:\ElasticsearchBackupService: Unable to determine if root directory exists
at java.nio.file.Files.createDirectories(Files.java:756) ~[?:1.8.0_161]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Security.ensureDirectoryExists(Security.java:421) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.FilePermissionUtils.addDirectoryPath(FilePermissionUtils.java:68) ~[elasticsearch-6.2.2.jar:6.2.2]
... 12 more

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You normally do that on the OS Level when you mount your drive.
Elasticsearch should just be able to read and write from/to the dir.

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Elasticsearch has not been able to write to the mounted drive, even after just authenticating. Is it perhaps because I am using different credentials for the drive? (other than the signed-in user)

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Is it perhaps because I am using different credentials for the drive?

Probably. The user who is running elasticsearch must have write access to the shared drive.

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