Briefly, this error occurs when Elasticsearch is trying to clean up an S3 repository but the access_key is not provided. The access_key is necessary for authentication with the S3 service. To resolve this issue, you can either provide the access_key in the elasticsearch.yml file or pass it as a parameter when calling the cleanup API. Also, ensure that the provided access_key has the necessary permissions to perform cleanup operations on the S3 repository.
This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” access_key option is required for cleaning up S3 repository ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: repository.
Log Context
Log “access_key option is required for cleaning up S3 repository” class name is CleanupS3RepositoryCommand.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :
throw new ElasticsearchException("you must not specify both region and endpoint");
} String accessKey = accessKeyOption.value(options);
if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(accessKey)) {
throw new ElasticsearchException("access_key option is required for cleaning up S3 repository");
} String secretKey = secretKeyOption.value(options);
if (Strings.isNullOrEmpty(secretKey)) {
throw new ElasticsearchException("secret_key option is required for cleaning up S3 repository");
