# Using aws plugin and Shield

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-aws-plugin-and-shield/34952>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [November 18, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-aws-plugin-and-shield/34952 "2015-11-18T14:57:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Idarlington](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/idarlington/32/19887_2.png) [@Idarlington](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Idarlington)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-aws-plugin-and-shield/34952/1 "2015-11-18T14:57:15Z")

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Hello, I would like to know if there would be any setting in order to use an S3 repository with shield installed in elasticsearch. I would also like to use curator for the snapshots. @dadoonet @warkolm

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**Author:** ![jaymode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaymode/32/50103_2.png) [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-aws-plugin-and-shield/34952/2 "2015-11-18T15:22:51Z")

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Are you having a issue with the S3 repository and Shield?

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**Author:** ![Idarlington](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/idarlington/32/19887_2.png) [@Idarlington](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Idarlington)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-aws-plugin-and-shield/34952/3 "2015-11-18T15:25:47Z")

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I am not having any problem with it yet. I wanted to confirm if it was possible to use it and curator. I didn't notice any flag for the username and password.

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**Author:** ![jaymode](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaymode/32/50103_2.png) [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-aws-plugin-and-shield/34952/4 "2015-11-18T17:20:50Z")

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The S3 repository should not require any additional configuration because of Shield. You will need to use a user with the appropriate permissions to take snapshots, etc. To specify the curator user, you should be able to use the [http\_auth](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/http_auth.html) flag.

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-aws-plugin-and-shield/34952/5 "2017-07-06T13:47:41Z")

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