# Unable to take the snapshot of the indices in the openserach version 1.3.0

**URL:** <https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-take-the-snapshot-of-the-indices-in-the-openserach-version-1-3-0/11822>\
**Category:** OpenSearch\
**Tags:** troubleshoot\
**Created:** [December 15, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-take-the-snapshot-of-the-indices-in-the-openserach-version-1-3-0/11822 "2022-12-15T09:29:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![bhagya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bhagya](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/bhagya)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-take-the-snapshot-of-the-indices-in-the-openserach-version-1-3-0/11822/1 "2022-12-15T09:29:48Z")

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**Versions** (relevant - OpenSearch/Dashboard/Server OS/Browser):

opensearch version 1.3.0 deployed in kubernetes

**Describe the issue** :  
“type” : “exception”,  
“reason” : “failed to create blob container”,  
“caused\_by” : {  
“type” : “access\_denied\_exception”,  
“reason” : “/es\_snapshots/indices”  
}  
},  
{  
“type” : “access\_denied\_exception”,  
“reason” : “/es\_snapshots/snap-zk2d3NZyRSGPA9gisjmbgg.dat”  
},  
{  
“type” : “exception”,  
“reason” : “failed to create blob container”,  
“caused\_by” : {  
“type” : “access\_denied\_exception”,  
“reason” : “/es\_snapshots/indices”  
}  
},  
{  
“type” : “exception”,  
“reason” : “failed to create blob container”,  
“caused\_by” : {  
“type” : “access\_denied\_exception”,  
“reason” : “/es\_snapshots/indices”  
}  
}  
]  
}  
},  
“status” : 500  
}  
this is the error i get when ever i try to take the snapshot  
need help on this

**Configuration** : I am mounting the nfs mountpoint and created the repo es\_snapshots and registered the repo and trying to take the snapshot  
curl -XGET ‘http://endpoint\_domain:9200/\_snapshot/es\_snapshots/first\_snapshot?pretty’

**Relevant Logs or Screenshots** :

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**Author:** ![reta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@reta](https://forum.opensearch.org/u/reta)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.opensearch.org/t/unable-to-take-the-snapshot-of-the-indices-in-the-openserach-version-1-3-0/11822/2 "2022-12-15T16:29:02Z")

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@bhagya could you please share the stack trace from the server side?