# Automatic snapshot and delete lifecycle management in Open Distro **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Source Elasticsearch and Kibana\ **Created:** [December 4, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/automatic-snapshot-and-delete-lifecycle-management-in-open-distro/4341 "2020-12-04T13:45:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alpha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@alpha](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/alpha)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2020, 1:45pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/automatic-snapshot-and-delete-lifecycle-management-in-open-distro/4341/1 "2020-12-04T13:45:53Z")
Hello guys, I am trying out ODfE’s **Snapshot and restore** feature. I have found the API documentation to take snapshots and restore as well. But nowhere I have seen how to automate this process like available in Elastic Stack. Also how can I apply lifecycle to snapshots so that they get deleted after several days. Is this feature available in Open distro as well? Can anyone help me with documentation. Thank you in advance. 🙂 ```auto Open Distro for Elasticsearch Version: 1.11.0 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Dipanshu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dipanshu](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Dipanshu)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2021, 3:50pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/automatic-snapshot-and-delete-lifecycle-management-in-open-distro/4341/2 "2021-10-01T15:50:03Z")
Hello , The same I really facing the issue in open distro is there any way to automate the snapshot creation which is provided in elastic stack ,which also provide to delete the old snapshots automatically. SLM policies in elastic stack is extremelly helpfull for the developers not to take manual snapshots and configure commands in clusters ! Can anyone help me with discussion. Is there any plan to release this features in next openDistro version ? currently using 1.13.1 version. Thanks so much for you support in advance !