# Why does creating a repository fail? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 16, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-creating-a-repository-fail/22697 "2015-03-16T20:33:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-creating-a-repository-fail/22697/2 "2015-03-16T22:47:35Z")
Can you post the output from _mount_ and _ls -ld /mounts /mounts/prod\_backup_? On 16 March 2015 at 13:33, David Reagan [jerrac@gmail.com](mailto:jerrac@gmail.com) wrote: > Why does this happen? > > curl -XPUT '[http://localhost:9200/\_snapshot/my\_backup?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/_snapshot/my_backup?pretty=true)' -d '{ > > > > ``` > > > "type": "fs", > > > "settings": { > > > "location": "/mounts/prod_backup/my_backup", > > > "compress": true > > > } > > > > > > ``` > > > > > > }' > > > { > > > "error" : > > > "RemoteTransportException[[log-elasticsearch-02][inet[/10.x.x.83:9300]][cluster:admin/repository/put]]; > > > nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[my\_backup] > > > [vxUQwUTCQwOaLyCy0eMK8A, > > > 'RemoteTransportException[[log-elasticsearch-04][inet[/10.x.x.80:9300]][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; > > > nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[my\_backup] store location > > > [/mounts/prod\_backup/my\_backup] is not accessible on the node > > > [[log-elasticsearch-04][vxUQwUTCQwOaLyCy0eMK8A][log-elasticsearch-04][inet[/10.x.x.80:9300]]]]; > > > nested: > > > FileNotFoundException[/mounts/prod\_backup/my\_backup/tests-yZ57gviiQUGS55tr\_ULhhg-vxUQwUTCQwOaLyCy0eMK8A > > > (Permission denied)]; '], [GMTt6Y-3Qle1Fm3SGl-LTQ, > > > 'RemoteTransportException[[log-estools-01][inet[/10.x.x.8:9300]][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; > > > nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[my\_backup] store location > > > [/mounts/prod\_backup/my\_backup] is not accessible on the node > > > [[log-estools-01][GMTt6Y-3Qle1Fm3SGl-LTQ][log-estools-01][inet[/10.x.x.8:9300]]{data=false}]]; > > > nested: > > > FileNotFoundException[/mounts/prod\_backup/my\_backup/tests-yZ57gviiQUGS55tr\_ULhhg-GMTt6Y-3Qle1Fm3SGl-LTQ > > > (Permission denied)]; '], [ffpuQF\_zRZGGPRkZRgq1mw, > > > 'RemoteTransportException[[log-elasticsearch-03][inet[/10.x.x.92:9300]][internal:admin/repository/verify]]; > > > nested: RepositoryVerificationException[[my\_backup] store location > > > [/mounts/prod\_backup/my\_backup] is not accessible on the node > > > [[log-elasticsearch-03][ffpuQF\_zRZGGPRkZRgq1mw][log-elasticsearch-03][inet[/10.x.x.92:9300]]]]; > > > nested: > > > FileNotFoundException[/mounts/prod\_backup/my\_backup/tests-yZ57gviiQUGS55tr\_ULhhg-ffpuQF\_zRZGGPRkZRgq1mw > > > (Permission denied)]; ']]]; ", > > > "status" : 500 > > > } > > /mounts/prod\_backup is an NFS share mounted on all my ES nodes. > > The only thing I can think of is that file permissions are wrong. But I'm > not sure how to fix that. > > On the two nodes not listed in the error, the elasticsearch gid and uid > are different that on the other three nodes. So I can't just _chown -R > elasticsearch:elasticsearch_. > > Do I have to make sure that the uid and gid are the same on all nodes? How > am I supposed to do that when I install from the apt repositories? > > Also, log-estools-01 has _data.node = false_. Why does it still need the > prod\_backup mount? > > log-estools-01 is on Ubuntu 14.04. > > Everything else is Ubuntu 12.04. > > Running ES 1.4.4. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8bf960fd-c629-4e1a-92c1-9cc92f43487b%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8bf960fd-c629-4e1a-92c1-9cc92f43487b%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8bf960fd-c629-4e1a-92c1-9cc92f43487b%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/8bf960fd-c629-4e1a-92c1-9cc92f43487b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9YtDD2H\_0uuaoXJ%3DGCSAoDYeBuQpc-wQfe8Yd1m%3D7Q\_w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAEYi1X9YtDD2H_0uuaoXJ%3DGCSAoDYeBuQpc-wQfe8Yd1m%3D7Q_w%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-does-creating-a-repository-fail/22697)._