repository.asciidoc

Snapshot/restore repository plugins

Repository plugins extend the {ref}/snapshot-restore.html[Snapshot/Restore] functionality in Elasticsearch by adding repositories backed by the cloud or by distributed file systems:

Official repository plugins

Note	Support for S3, GCS and Azure repositories is now bundled in {es} by default.

The official repository plugins are:

HDFS Repository

The Hadoop HDFS Repository plugin adds support for using HDFS as a repository.

Community contributed repository plugins

The following plugin has been contributed by our community:

• Openstack Swift (by Wikimedia Foundation and BigData Boutique)

repository-hdfs.asciidoc