# \[ANN\] Elasticsearch Azure cloud plugin 2.6.0 released

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-6-0-released/23279>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 16, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-6-0-released/23279 "2015-04-16T15:27:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-azure-cloud-plugin-2-6-0-released/23279/1 "2015-04-16T15:27:51Z")

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Heya,

We are pleased to announce the release of the Elasticsearch Azure cloud plugin, version 2.6.0.

The Azure Cloud plugin allows to use Azure API for the unicast discovery mechanism and add Azure storage repositories..

> **[elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/)**
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> elasticsearch-cloud-azure - Microsoft Azure discovery and snapshot/restore plugin for Elasticsearch

Release Notes - elasticsearch-cloud-azure - Version 2.6.0

Fix:

- [56] - [package] stax-api is added twice ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/56](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/56))
- [55] - Failure when creating a container should raise an exception ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/55](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/55))

Update:

- [77] - Update to elasticsearch 1.5.0 ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/77](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/issues/77))
- [65] - Simplify setting index.store.type with smb\_simple\_fs and smb\_mmap\_fs ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/65](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/65))
- [63] - Use Azure Java Management SDK 0.7.0 ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/63](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/63))
- [62] - Rename settings for discovery and repositories ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/62](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/62))
- [61] - Rename settings for repositories ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/61](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/61))
- [57] - Use Azure Storage 2.0.0 ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/57](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/57))

New:

- [64] - Add keystore.type, deployment.name and deployment.slot settings for discovery ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/64](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/64))
- [60] - Open Lucene MMap/SimpleFSDirectory with Read option ([https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/60](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/pull/60))

For questions or comments around this plugin, feel free to use elasticsearch mailing list: [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/elasticsearch](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/elasticsearch)

Enjoy,

-The Elasticsearch team

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