diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/config/elastic/esbackup.yaml b/api/internal/crawl/config/elastic/esbackup.yaml
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+apiVersion: elasticsearch.cloud.google.com/v1alpha1
+kind: ESBackup
+metadata:
+  name: kustomize-backup
+spec:
+  storage:
+    gcs:
+      bucket: kustomize-backup
+      path: kustomize
+      secret:
+        name: kustomizesa
+  escluster:
+    name: esbasic
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/config/elastic/esrestore.yaml b/api/internal/crawl/config/elastic/esrestore.yaml
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+apiVersion: elasticsearch.cloud.google.com/v1alpha1
+kind: ESRestore
+metadata:
+  name: kustomize-restore
+spec:
+  include_global_state: true
+  ignore_unavailable: true
+  rename_pattern: kustomize
+  rename_replacement: kustomize-restore1
+  essnapshot:
+    name: kustomize-snapshot
+  escluster:
+    name: esbasic
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/config/elastic/essnaptshot.yaml b/api/internal/crawl/config/elastic/essnaptshot.yaml
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+apiVersion: elasticsearch.cloud.google.com/v1alpha1
+kind: ESSnapshot
+metadata:
+  name: kustomize-snapshot
+spec:
+  # indices are optional. If not specified all indices are selected.
+  indices:
+  - kustomize
+  include_global_state: true
+  ignore_unavailable: true
+  esbackup:
+    name: kustomize-backup