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Take snapshot

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Take snapshot

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To create a snapshot of the specified Elasticsearch cluster, uses the configured snapshot repository.

Request

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POST /api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/_snapshot

Path parameters

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Name	Type	Required	Description
`cluster_id`	`string`	Y	The Elasticsearch cluster identifier.

Request body

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(ClusterSnapshotRequest) Overrides default settings for the snapshot

Responses

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202: (ClusterSnapshotResponse) The create snapshot command was issued successfully
401: (BasicFailedReply) The supplied credentials for the snapshot repository are invalid (code: 'clusters.snapshot.invalid_credentials')
404: (BasicFailedReply) The cluster specified by {cluster_id} cannot be found, or the snapshot repository was not found (code: 'clusters.cluster_not_found', 'clusters.snapshot.repository_not_found')
409: (BasicFailedReply) The cluster name specified is already in use (code: 'clusters.snapshot.invalid_name')
449: (BasicFailedReply) elevated permissions are required. (code: '"root.needs_elevated_permissions"')
500: (BasicFailedReply) The snapshot request failed (code: 'clusters.snapshot.failed', clusters.endpoint_not_found)

To perform this operation, you must be authenticated by means of one of the following methods: apiKey, basicAuth.

Request example

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curl -XPOST {{hostname}}/api/v1/clusters/elasticsearch/{cluster_id}/_snapshot \
-u $CLOUD_USER:$CLOUD_KEY \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '
{
   "name" : "string",
   "password" : "string",
   "repository_name" : "string",
   "username" : "string"
}
'

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