# Taking a snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taking-a-snapshot/261237>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 15, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taking-a-snapshot/261237 "2021-01-15T09:10:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jambo80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jambo80](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jambo80)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taking-a-snapshot/261237/1 "2021-01-15T09:10:58Z")

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Hi

I'm trying to take a snapshot of my 7 node 6.8.13 cluster. Is it the case that I must have some sort of network share such as NFS to achieve this, or is there a method which does not require a network share?

Thanks

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**Author:** ![DavidTurner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidturner/32/22453_2.png) [@DavidTurner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/DavidTurner)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2021, 10:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taking-a-snapshot/261237/2 "2021-01-15T10:39:52Z")

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There are plugins that let you take a snapshot to a number of cloud services, for example [AWS S3](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.9/repository-s3.html).

You can also use the `repository-s3` plugin along with [your own S3-compatible service](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.9/repository-s3-client.html#repository-s3-compatible-services) such as Minio.

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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:** [February 12, 2021, 10:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/taking-a-snapshot/261237/3 "2021-02-12T10:40:05Z")

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