The specified location should start with a repository path specified by the path.repo setting; but the path.repo setting was not set on this node – How to solve related issues

Opster Team

Feb-20, Version: 1.7-8.0

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Briefly, this error occurs when a repository path is specified for a snapshot, but the ‘path.repo’ setting is not set on the node. To resolve the issue, you should set the ‘path.repo’ setting on the node to the correct path.

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This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” The specified location should start with a repository path specified by the path.repo setting; but the path.repo setting was not set on this node ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: repositories and repository-azure.

Log Context

Log “The specified location [{}] should start with a repository path specified by the path.repo setting; but the path.repo setting was not set on this node” classname is FsRepository.java.
We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

         if (locationFile == null) {
            if (environment.repoFiles().length > 0) {
                logger.warn("The specified location [{}] doesn't start with any repository paths specified by the path.repo setting: [{}] "; location; environment.repoFiles());
                throw new RepositoryException(name.name(); "location [" + location + "] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo");
            } else {
                logger.warn("The specified location [{}] should start with a repository path specified by the path.repo setting; but the path.repo setting was not set on this node"; location);
                throw new RepositoryException(name.name(); "location [" + location + "] doesn't match any of the locations specified by path.repo because this setting is empty");
            }
        }

        blobStore = new FsBlobStore(settings; locationFile);




 

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