---
title: stack es snapshot verify-repository cli command
description: Verify a snapshot repository. Behaviour flags: --dry-run — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action 
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/4116/reference/elastic-cli/cli/stack/es/snapshot/verify-repository
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview
---

# stack es snapshot verify-repository cli command
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</cli-modifiers>

```bash
elastic stack es snapshot verify-repository --repository <repository> [options]
```

Verify a snapshot repository.
**Behaviour flags:**
`--dry-run` — validate all inputs and exit without performing any action

## Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--repository string required">
    The name of the snapshot repository to verify.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--master-timeout string">
    The period to wait for the master node.
    If the master node is not available before the timeout expires, the request fails and returns an error.
    To indicate that the request should never timeout, set it to `-1`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--timeout string">
    The period to wait for a response from all relevant nodes in the cluster after updating the cluster metadata.
    If no response is received before the timeout expires, the cluster metadata update still applies but the response will indicate that it was not completely acknowledged.
    To indicate that the request should never timeout, set it to `-1`.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--error-trace">
    When set to `true` Elasticsearch will include the full stack trace of errors
    when they occur.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--filter-path string">
    Comma-separated list of filters in dot notation which reduce the response
    returned by Elasticsearch.
    **Repeatable:** pass `--filter-path` multiple times to supply more than one value
  </definition>
  <definition term="--human">
    When set to `true` will return statistics in a format suitable for humans.
    For example `"exists_time": "1h"` for humans and
    `"exists_time_in_millis": 3600000` for computers. When disabled the human
    readable values will be omitted. This makes sense for responses being consumed
    only by machines.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--pretty">
    If set to `true` the returned JSON will be "pretty-formatted". Only use
    this option for debugging only.
  </definition>
  <definition term="--input-file string">
    path to a JSON file to use as command input
  </definition>
  <definition term="--dry-run">
    validate all inputs and exit without performing any action (preview changes without applying them)
  </definition>
</definitions>


## Global Options

<definitions>
  <definition term="--json">
    output as JSON
  </definition>
</definitions>