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Verify snapshot repository API

Verifies that a snapshot repository is functional. See Verify a repository.

POST /_snapshot/my_repository/_verify

Request

POST /_snapshot/<repository>/_verify

Prerequisites

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

Path parameters

<repository>: (Required, string) Name of the snapshot repository to verify.

Query parameters

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.
timeout: (Optional, 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.

Response body

nodes

(object)

Properties of nodes objects

<node_id>

(object) Contains information about a node connected to the snapshot repository.

The key is the ID of the node.

Properties of <node_id>

name

(string) Human-readable name for the node.

You can set this name using the node.name property in elasticsearch.yml. Defaults to the machine’s hostname.

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