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Summary

This PR addresses #6683 with the following changes:

  • deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/_snippets/default-snapshot-repository.md (new): shared snippet that explains the default snapshot repository, how to set or change it from the Repositories list and from the add/edit forms, the Default badge, the constraints (cannot be removed, read-only and URL repositories cannot be default), and the privilege required to use the set-as-default controls.
  • deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/self-managed.md: adds a Set the default snapshot repository subsection that includes the shared snippet, scoped to stack: ga 9.5.
  • deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/elastic-cloud-hosted.md: adds the same Set the default snapshot repository subsection, scoped to stack: ga 9.5.
  • deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/_snippets/restore-snapshot-common-prerequisites.md: adds a cluster:admin/settings/update bullet to the cluster privileges list, scoped to stack: ga 9.5, so readers on self-managed.md, elastic-cloud-hosted.md, and restore-snapshot.md see the prerequisite upfront.

Scope notes

The issue mentioned serverless availability, but xpack.snapshot_restore.enabled is set to false in config/serverless.yml — the Snapshot and Restore Kibana UI is not exposed in serverless, so the new content is scoped to stack 9.5+ only.

The Kibana UI behavior described here applies to all stack deployment types where Snapshot and Restore is available (self-managed, {{ech}}, {{ece}}, {{eck}}). Only self-managed.md and elastic-cloud-hosted.md currently document this Kibana workflow, so those are the only pages updated. ECE and ECK platform-level repository management is unchanged and is documented elsewhere.

Resolves

Closes #6683

Pending links

  • deploy-manage/tools/snapshot-and-restore/_snippets/default-snapshot-repository.md — closing paragraph: link repositories.default_repository to its reference page once a public settings page documents this cluster setting (none exists in the docs corpus today).

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Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>
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Set and manage the default snapshot repository in Kibana

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