# Snapshot management plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [December 8, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811 "2017-12-08T09:57:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nugusbayevkk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nugusbayevkk/32/126683_2.png) [@nugusbayevkk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nugusbayevkk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811/1 "2017-12-08T09:57:10Z")
Hello guys, is exist some tools(kibana plugin) for centralized management, configure snapshots of elasticsearch? (for example, somebody want to restore data for some periodic from repository, and it not needed to ask administrators) ---
**Author:** ![cjcenizal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cjcenizal/32/11216_2.png) [@cjcenizal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cjcenizal)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811/2 "2017-12-08T21:05:28Z")
The only tool I know of which allows this would be our snapshot-management feature on Elastic Cloud Enterprise: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-manage-repositories.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/cloud-enterprise/current/ece-manage-repositories.html) CJ ---
**Author:** ![nugusbayevkk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nugusbayevkk/32/126683_2.png) [@nugusbayevkk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nugusbayevkk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 8:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811/3 "2017-12-11T08:41:32Z")
ok, thanks. i write simple bash script [https://github.com/nugusbayevkk/elk-utilities/tree/master/elasticsearch-snapshot](https://github.com/nugusbayevkk/elk-utilities/tree/master/elasticsearch-snapshot) . with it possible to do daily backups for previous date for different indices, show info about all or some snapshot, delete, and restore data. i think it will be useful for someone. ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811/4 "2017-12-11T09:39:46Z")
@nugusbayevkk have you looked into [Elasticsearch Curator](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.4/index.html)? It has a [Snapshot](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.4/snapshot.html) action. ---
**Author:** ![nugusbayevkk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nugusbayevkk/32/126683_2.png) [@nugusbayevkk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nugusbayevkk)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 10:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811/5 "2017-12-11T10:07:10Z")
i used it for deleting old indices earlier, but i didn't know about action "snapshot". I see that it have functions to backup data. what about deleting old data(last year)? main purpose, prepare scripts or tools for elasticsearch administrators, to fast restore data if it will be needed for some business purposes. i not found this opportunity in curator. it will be nice, if exist plugin like "timelion" in kibana in future, but with access privileges for administrator role. ---
**Author:** ![theuntergeek](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theuntergeek/32/44961_2.png) [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2017, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811/6 "2017-12-11T11:00:05Z")
Yes, Curator has that too. That would be the [delete\_snapshots](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.4/delete_snapshots.html) action. See the full list of actions Curator does [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.4/actions.html), which also includes a snapshot [restore action](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.4/restore.html). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/snapshot-management-plugin/110811/7 "2018-01-08T11:00:33Z")
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