elasticsearch/docs/reference/snapshot-restore/apis/verify-repo-api.asciidoc
David Turner c7c1dc1914
Add docs on troubleshooting NFS repos (#97601)
Spell out a bit more clearly that ES works through the OS's filesystem
abstraction, giving advice about how to reproduce problems outside of
ES.
2023-07-19 13:55:09 +01:00

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[[verify-snapshot-repo-api]]
=== Verify snapshot repository API
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<titleabbrev>Verify snapshot repository</titleabbrev>
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Checks for common misconfigurations in a snapshot repository. See
<<snapshots-repository-verification>>.
////
[source,console]
----
PUT /_snapshot/my_repository
{
"type": "fs",
"settings": {
"location": "my_backup_location"
}
}
----
// TESTSETUP
////
[source,console]
----
POST /_snapshot/my_repository/_verify
----
[[verify-snapshot-repo-api-request]]
==== {api-request-title}
`POST /_snapshot/<repository>/_verify`
[[verify-snapshot-repo-api-prereqs]]
==== {api-prereq-title}
* If the {es} {security-features} are enabled, you must have the `manage`
<<privileges-list-cluster,cluster privilege>> to use this API.
[[verify-snapshot-repo-api-path-params]]
==== {api-path-parms-title}
`<repository>`::
(Required, string)
Name of the snapshot repository to verify.
[[verify-snapshot-repo-api-query-params]]
==== {api-query-parms-title}
`master_timeout`::
(Optional, <<time-units, 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`.
`timeout`::
(Optional, <<time-units, time units>>) Specifies the period of time to wait for
a response. If no response is received before the timeout expires, the request
fails and returns an error. Defaults to `30s`.
[role="child_attributes"]
[[verify-snapshot-repo-api-response-body]]
==== {api-response-body-title}
`nodes`::
(object)
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.Properties of `nodes` objects
[%collapsible%open]
====
`<node_id>`::
(object)
Contains information about a node connected to the snapshot repository.
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The key is the ID of the node.
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.Properties of `<node_id>`
[%collapsible%open]
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`name`::
(string)
Human-readable name for the node.
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You can set this name using the <<node-name,`node.name`>> property in
`elasticsearch.yml`. Defaults to the machine's hostname.
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