# Unable to create a snapshot

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-a-snapshot/217115>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** curator\
**Created:** [January 30, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-a-snapshot/217115 "2020-01-30T06:47:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Shubham\_Mittal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shubham_mittal/32/55002_2.png) [@Shubham\_Mittal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Shubham_Mittal)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 6:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-a-snapshot/217115/1 "2020-01-30T06:47:56Z")

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D:\EasySearch10.1\elasticsearch-curator-5.8.1-amd64\curator-5.8.1-amd64\>curator\_cli --host 192.168.38.115 snapshot --repository repo1 --name snapshot30jan indices --filter\_list '{"filtertype":"none"}'  
Usage: curator\_cli snapshot [OPTIONS]

Error: Invalid value for "--filter\_list": Filter list is invalid JSON: '{filtertype:none}'

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**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:** [January 30, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-a-snapshot/217115/2 "2020-01-30T16:17:13Z")

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That's because you're using Windows. Windows handles single and double quoted objects differently.

Try following the example in [this issue](https://github.com/elastic/curator/issues/1329#issuecomment-457267566).

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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 27, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-create-a-snapshot/217115/3 "2020-02-27T16:17:13Z")

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Closed on February 27, 2020, 4:17pm UTC

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