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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log “Cannot read snapshot file” to appear. It’s important to understand the issues related to the log, so to get started, read the general overview on common issues and tips related to the Elasticsearch concepts: blobstore, discovery-file, repositories, repository-azure, snapshot.
Advanced users might want to skip right to the common problems section in each concept or try running the Check-Up which analyses ES to discover the cause of many errors and provides suitable actionable recommendations.
Repository in Elasticsearch
What it is
An Elasticsearch snapshot provides a backup mechanism that takes the current state and data in the cluster and saves it to a repository (read the Glossary term Snapshot for more information). The backup process requires a repository to be created first. The repository needs to be registered using the _snapshot endpoint, and multiple repositories per cluster can be created. The following repository types are supported.
Repository Types:
| Repository Type | Configuration Type |
|---|---|
| Shared file system | Type: “fs” |
| S3 | Type : “s3” |
| HDFS | Type :“hdfs” |
| Azure | Type: “azure” |
| Google Cloud Storage | Type : “gcs” |
Examples
To register a repository of type fs:
PUT _snapshot/my_repo_01
{
"type": "fs",
"settings": {
"location": "/mnt/my_repo_dir"
}
}
Notes and common problems
- S3, HDFS , Azure and Google Cloud requires a relevant plugin to be installed before it can be used for a snapshot.
- The setting, path.repo: /mnt/my_repo_dir needs to be added to elasticsearch.yml on all the nodes in case you are planning to use repo type of file system otherwise it will fail
- In case of using remote repositories , the network bandwidth and repository storage throughput should be high enough to complete the snapshot operations normally , otherwise you will end up in partial snapshots.
Log Context
Log”Cannot read snapshot file [{}]” classname is BlobStoreRepository.java
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
try {
snapshot = getSnapshotInfo(snapshotId);
} catch (SnapshotMissingException ex) {
throw ex;
} catch (IllegalStateException | SnapshotException | ElasticsearchParseException ex) {
logger.warn(() -> new ParameterizedMessage("cannot read snapshot file [{}]"; snapshotId); ex);
}
try {
// Delete snapshot from the index file; since it is the maintainer of truth of active snapshots
final RepositoryData updatedRepositoryData = repositoryData.removeSnapshot(snapshotId);
Related issues to this log
We have gathered selected Q&A from the community and issues from Github, that can help fix related issues please review the following for further information :
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