Elasticsearch snapshot for a cluster

Question

I have a Elasticsearch cluster running with three nodes. and have created a snapshot repository for the cluster, and trying to create a snapshot manually using,

10.0.0.120:9200/_snapshot/$REPO_NAME/$SNAPSHOT_NAME

But I am not sure if I have to create snapshot from all nodes or from any one node? And if i have to make snapshot call from all nodes seperately, should the name of snapshot be same?

Also is there a way to verify if the snapshot is fine without restoring it?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 19 '22 at 14:38

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According to Documentation “A snapshot is a backup of a running Elasticsearch cluster.”

So all nodes will be in, and you don’t need to make separate snapshots.

answered Aug 19 '22 at 14:38

Alex Baidan

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yes, this is absolutely correct! :) – warkolm Aug 22 '22 at 01:19
So, calling the create snapshot api from any one node would create snapshot for complete cluster? – sjsj15 Aug 22 '22 at 07:40
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@sjsj15 yes. You are not calling one node- you are operating with cluster REST API. – Alex Baidan Aug 22 '22 at 18:49

Elasticsearch snapshot for a cluster

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