# Snapshot Lifecycle Manager not working on Elastic Cloud

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-lifecycle-manager-not-working-on-elastic-cloud/204246>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 18, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-lifecycle-manager-not-working-on-elastic-cloud/204246 "2019-10-18T15:18:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wpitt13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@wpitt13](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wpitt13)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-lifecycle-manager-not-working-on-elastic-cloud/204246/1 "2019-10-18T15:18:57Z")

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Is Snapshot Lifecycle Manager supported on Elastic Cloud. I'm aware that Elastic Cloud has build in snapshots but that is an all or nothing approach. SLM would give us more control over our what we snapshot as well as retention.

**Attempting to start SLM fails**

```auto
POST /_slm/start

```

```auto
{
  "error": {
    "root_cause": [
      {
        "type": "parse_exception",
        "reason": "request body is required"
      }
    ],
    "type": "parse_exception",
    "reason": "request body is required"
  },
  "status": 400
}

```

**Attempting to get SLM status fails**

```auto
GET /_slm/status 

```

```auto
{
  "error": "Incorrect HTTP method for uri [/_slm/status?pretty] and method [GET], allowed: [POST]",
  "status": 405
}

```

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**Author:** ![Mathew\_Davis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mathew_davis/32/45353_2.png) [@Mathew\_Davis](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mathew_Davis)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-lifecycle-manager-not-working-on-elastic-cloud/204246/2 "2019-10-28T21:33:09Z")

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SLM Is not currently enabled for cloud, but stay tuned to a future release.

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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:** [November 25, 2019, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-lifecycle-manager-not-working-on-elastic-cloud/204246/3 "2019-11-25T21:33:17Z")

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