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Get snapshot repository API

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Get snapshot repository API

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Gets information about one or more registered snapshot repositories.

GET /_snapshot/my_repository

Request

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GET /_snapshot/<repository>

GET /_snapshot

Prerequisites

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If the Elasticsearch security features are enabled, you must have the monitor_snapshot, create_snapshot, or manage cluster privilege to use this API.

Path parameters

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<repository>

(Required, string) Comma-separated list of snapshot repository names used to limit the request. Wildcard (*) expressions are supported.

To get information about all snapshot repositories registered in the cluster, omit this parameter or use * or _all.

Query parameters

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local: (Optional, Boolean) If true, the request gets information from the local node only. If false, the request gets information from the master node. Defaults to false.
master_timeout: (Optional, time units) Specifies the period of time to wait for a connection to the master node. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error. Defaults to 30s.

Response body

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<repository>

(object) Contains information about the snapshot repository. Key is the name of the snapshot repository.

Properties of <repository>

type

(string) Repository type.

Values for type

fs: Shared file system repository. See Shared file system repository.
source: Source-only repository. See Source only repository.
url: URL repository. See Read-only URL repository.

More repository types are available through these official plugins:

repository-s3 for S3 repository support
repository-hdfs for HDFS repository support in Hadoop environments
repository-azure for Azure storage repositories
repository-gcs for Google Cloud Storage repositories

settings

(object) Contains settings for the repository. Valid properties for the settings object depend on the repository type, set using the type parameter.

For properties, see the put snapshot repository API's settings parameter.

Examples

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GET /_snapshot/my_repository

The API returns the following response:

{
  "my_repository" : {
    "type" : "fs",
    "settings" : {
      "location" : "my_backup_location"
    }
  }
}

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