What is the best backup strategy for ELK stack?

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Hi Experts ,

Before moving things to the production I want to collect thoughts on ELK stack backup . Can you recommend or suggest some criteria's or methods best for backup . I have a question

  1. one way which comes to my mind is directly take directory backup and store it on tape or HD, but how I can take incremental backup with this approach ?

Thanks
Vikas

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Use Elasticsearch's built-in snapshot and restore feature. The snapshots are consistent and incremental out of the box.

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Elasticsearch Curator can help: https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/snapshot.html

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Thanks Magnus, yeah I was checking snapshot , it's nice to start with .

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Thanks Aaron ,

Sure I'll look into it .