[Docs] Clarify Shared file system repository location
setting
#97339
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Description
The documentation could be more explicit that the
location
value is expected to be a single file path, not an array of values.This has caused user confusion because
path.repo
is an array of path values butsettings.location
in a single path value.Documentation for version 8.8 accessed July 3rd, 2023 from https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.8/snapshots-filesystem-repository.html#snapshots-filesystem-repository.
If one attempts to provide an array of values, it turns into a string used for a new directory created in the first entry of the
path.repo
value as it is treated as a relative path value.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: