# In OpenSearch , Curator will work or not for the automatic snapshots of the indices

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/in-opensearch-curator-will-work-or-not-for-the-automatic-snapshots-of-the-indices/18391>\
**Category:** OpenSearch\
**Tags:** configure, feature-request\
**Created:** [March 15, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/in-opensearch-curator-will-work-or-not-for-the-automatic-snapshots-of-the-indices/18391 "2024-03-15T09:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dipanshu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dipanshu](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Dipanshu)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 9:38am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/in-opensearch-curator-will-work-or-not-for-the-automatic-snapshots-of-the-indices/18391/1 "2024-03-15T09:38:57Z")

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Previously we are using OpenDistro and we setup Curator component for the automatic snapshots of the indices to take backup for the future needs. But currently we migrated from OpenDistro to OpenSearch and our old Curator component service giving error - Due to version incompatibility curator will not work.

Can anyone let us know , what we can do for the automatic snapshots of the indices in the opensearch , and will curator will work with opensearch or not ?

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**Author:** ![jasonrojas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/jasonrojas/32/4902_2.png) [@jasonrojas](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/jasonrojas)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/in-opensearch-curator-will-work-or-not-for-the-automatic-snapshots-of-the-indices/18391/2 "2024-03-15T16:30:08Z")

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curator, version 5.8.4 has been working for me with opendistro without any issues-  
My main config for curator is:

```---
client:
  hosts:
    - localhost
  port: 9200
  url_prefix:
  use_ssl: True
  certificate:
  client_cert:
  client_key:
  ssl_no_validate: True
  http_auth: 'curator:<somesecrethere>"'
  timeout: 86400
  master_only: True

```

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**Author:** ![Dipanshu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dipanshu](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/Dipanshu)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2024, 11:46am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/in-opensearch-curator-will-work-or-not-for-the-automatic-snapshots-of-the-indices/18391/3 "2024-03-17T11:46:46Z")

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Thanks for your suggestion .

But i am asking here with OpenSearch ? not for OpenDistro , because with OpenDistro curator is working fine in case , I need answer with Opensearch

I migrated cluster and its data from opendistro to opensearch.

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**Author:** ![jasonrojas](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.opensearch.org/jasonrojas/32/4902_2.png) [@jasonrojas](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/jasonrojas)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/in-opensearch-curator-will-work-or-not-for-the-automatic-snapshots-of-the-indices/18391/4 "2024-03-18T15:52:29Z")

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My apologies, I meant opensearch. I am running 2.12.0.

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**Author:** ![mason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@mason](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/mason)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/in-opensearch-curator-will-work-or-not-for-the-automatic-snapshots-of-the-indices/18391/5 "2024-03-18T19:53:07Z")

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Did you just install the native elasticsearch-curator rpm on your OpenSearch host and that worked (as of 2.12.0)? @jasonrojas