# Snapshot and Restore - Repo

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 21, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473 "2019-02-21T18:04:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![aniaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@aniaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniaks)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473/1 "2019-02-21T18:04:38Z")

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If i have a 5 data node cluster - Shall i just run the curator to take the snapshot into a directory on that one node ? Is this the right approach ?

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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:** [February 21, 2019, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473/2 "2019-02-21T19:25:36Z")

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No, snapshots are taken cluster wide, so [requires shared storage accessible by all nodes](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.6/modules-snapshots.html).

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**Author:** ![aniaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@aniaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniaks)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473/3 "2019-02-21T19:28:04Z")

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is s3 repo only for amazon cloud ? or we could use for any cloud ?

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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:** [February 21, 2019, 7:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473/4 "2019-02-21T19:29:22Z")

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As long as you have access to the S3 bucket you should be able to use it from almost anywhere.

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**Author:** ![aniaks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac8455/32.png) [@aniaks](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aniaks)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473/5 "2019-02-21T19:33:44Z")

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If i understood right. If all my nodes are on a different cloud stack, i can install s3 repo, configure it and use it.

is my understanding right ?

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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:** [March 21, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-and-restore-repo/169473/6 "2019-03-21T19:33:50Z")

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