# \[ANN\] JDBC plugin with feeder mode as an alternative to the deprecated Elasticsearch River API
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jdbc-plugin-with-feeder-mode-as-an-alternative-to-the-deprecated-elasticsearch-river-api/23020
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 31, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jdbc-plugin-with-feeder-mode-as-an-alternative-to-the-deprecated-elasticsearch-river-api/23020 "2015-03-31T19:08:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)
#### Post date: [March 31, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jdbc-plugin-with-feeder-mode-as-an-alternative-to-the-deprecated-elasticsearch-river-api/23020/1 "2015-03-31T19:08:10Z")
Hi,
if you use the JDBC river plugin and you are concerned about the
deprecation of the river API, I wrote a step-by-step guide how to start the
JDBC plugin in a "feeder mode".
The feeder mode is a standalone JVM which connects to an ES cluster using
Java TransportClient under the hood.
You can read the instructions here:
> **[jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc/wiki/JDBC-plugin-feeder-mode-as-an-alternative-to-the-deprecated-Elasticsearch-River-API)**
>
> elasticsearch-jdbc - JDBC importer for Elasticsearch
Best regards,
Jörg
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### Author:  [@Marius\_Mathisen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Mathisen)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2015, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jdbc-plugin-with-feeder-mode-as-an-alternative-to-the-deprecated-elasticsearch-river-api/23020/2 "2015-06-26T12:21:43Z")
I am running: plugins --install jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc
and I get a error: Assumed to be a site plugin, but contains Source code.
What I am doing wrong?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-jdbc-plugin-with-feeder-mode-as-an-alternative-to-the-deprecated-elasticsearch-river-api/23020/3 "2017-07-06T00:05:12Z")