---
name: "es_repo_mgr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "elasticsearch-curator"
version: "8.0.21-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/es_repo_mgr"
---

# es\_repo\_mgr(1)

snapshot repository manager for Elasticsearch curator(1).

## NAME

**es\_repo\_mgr** - snapshot repository manager for Elasticsearch [**curator**(1)](/curator/1.md).

## SYNOPSIS

**es\_repo\_mgr** \[-h\] \[-v\] \[--host HOST\] \[--url\_prefix URL\_PREFIX\] \[--port PORT\] \[--ssl\] \[--auth AUTH\] \[-t TIMEOUT\] \[-n\] \[-D\] \[--loglevel LOG\_LEVEL\] \[-l LOG\_FILE\] \[--logformat LOGFORMAT\] *COMMAND* \[*COMMAND\_OPTS*\] *ARGUMENTS*

## DESCRIPTION

**es\_repo\_mgr** is a helper script to assist in creating Elasticsearch index snapshot repositories. At this time, only **fs** and **s3** types are supported. Please be sure to read the documentation for the indicated type before creating a repository. For example, each node using a **fs** type repository must be able to access the same shared filesystem, in the same path, identified by --location.

## OPTIONS

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this program usage and exit

- **--config** PATH

  Path to configuration file. Default: ~/.curator/curator.yml

## COMMANDS

Each command accepts a number of options and positional arguments. Run **es\_repo\_mgr** *COMMAND* **--help** for command-specific help. The following commands are available:

- **create**

  Create a new repository

- **delete**

  Delete a named repository

- **show**

  Show all repositories

## SEE ALSO

[**curator**(1)](/curator/1.md), [**curator\_cli**(1)](/curator_cli/1.md)

Additional documentation for **es\_repo\_mgr** can be found at curator's wiki at https://github.com/elasticsearch/curator/wiki. On Debian systems, information about the curator.yml configuration file can be found in **/usr/share/doc/elasticsearch-curator/reference.txt.gz**.

## AUTHOR

**curator** was originally written by Aaron Mildenstein \<aaron@mildensteins.com\>. It is currently maintained by Elasticsearch \<http://www.elasticsearch.org/\>.

This manual page was written by Apollon Oikonomopoulos \<apoikos@debian.org\> for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

## LICENSE

This software is released under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See /usr/share/doc/elasticsearch-curator/copyright for more details.

Copyright 2011-2016 Elasticsearch and contributors.