# Aws plugin installation problem **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** snapshot-and-restore\ **Created:** [April 14, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085 "2021-04-14T07:48:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/1 "2021-04-14T07:48:07Z")
Hello, In order to send my elasticsearch indexes to aws S3, I find myself having to install the aws-cloud plugin on my server For that, I have to enter this order while being in the file `/usr/share/elasticsearch`: `sudo bin/plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1` But I have two problems with this command. The first is that the` /bin/plugin` file does not exist for me. I only have a `plugins` folder or a `/bin/elasticsearch-plugin` file. So I guess the correct file is `/bin/elasticsearch-plugin` So I tried to make this order: `sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1` I put 2.7.1 because it seems to me that this is the latest version of the plugin, and I updated it a little elasticsearch so the versions should be compatible The result I get with this command is: ``` sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1 -> Installing elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1 -> Failed installing elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1 -> Rolling back elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1 -> Rolled back elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1 A tool for managing installed elasticsearch plugins Non-option arguments: command Option Description ------ ----------- -E Configure a setting -h, --help Show help -s, --silent Show minimal output -v, --verbose Show verbose output ERROR: Unknown plugin elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.7.1 ``` Do you have an idea to help me solve this problem? Thank you in advance ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/2 "2021-04-14T08:12:23Z")
> [@Weathmious](#): > > `elasticsearch-cloud-aws` That plugin lives here and is 6 years old - [GitHub - elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-aws: AWS Cloud Plugin for Elasticsearch](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-cloud-aws). I would suggest that is not the plugin you need. Can you elaborate a little more on what you are trying to achieve. ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/3 "2021-04-14T08:21:23Z")
Hi @warkolm, thank you for the answer I currently use graylog, so I have graylog and elasticsearch installed on the same server. The goal would be to keep 1 year of logs. The server has 1T of disk space but it is already almost saturated, because it receives on average 30G per day The goal would be to keep a month of logs and then send them to a S3 storage My configuration is normally completed on AWS, I created a bucket with in it my graylog folder, a user named "svc-graylog" who has all the rights for this bucket I now have to do the configuration on my server, and I started to follow this documentation for this: [https://medium.com/@rcdexta/periodic-snapshotting-of-elasticsearch-indices-f6b6ca221a0c](https://medium.com/@rcdexta/periodic-snapshotting-of-elasticsearch-indices-f6b6ca221a0c) And I find myself stuck at the stage of installing the plugin ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/4 "2021-04-14T08:29:04Z")
That blog is 6 years old, it's out of date 🙂 Take a look at [Snapshot and restore | Elasticsearch Guide [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshot-restore.html) ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/5 "2021-04-14T09:42:15Z")
Thank you for your help @warkolm , I installed the plugin with the correct command `sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install repository-s3` However I can not quite understand the following, the configuration to make the connection with my bucket aws S3 ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/6 "2021-04-14T10:04:54Z")
Did you read [Register a snapshot repository | Elasticsearch Guide [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/snapshots-register-repository.html)? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/7 "2021-04-14T10:21:23Z")
I'd also read: [Getting Started | Elasticsearch Plugins and Integrations [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/repository-s3-usage.html) ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/8 "2021-04-14T11:53:24Z")
@warkolm, yes I did thank you but there are several types of repository if I understood correctly and I do not see which one to choose ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/9 "2021-04-14T11:55:31Z")
Hello @dadoonet thank you for your answer, I find it strange since we just give the name of the bucket but I don’t see any real link with our AWS ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/10 "2021-04-14T19:10:47Z")
So what did you try so far? ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2021, 9:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/11 "2021-04-14T21:05:39Z")
If you scroll down on the doc page I linked to, you will see that there is a specific link to S3, which is what you seem to be after - [S3 Repository Plugin | Elasticsearch Plugins and Integrations [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.12/repository-s3.html) ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/12 "2021-04-15T14:12:15Z")
@dadoonet I think I have everything configured on my S3, whether it is the creation of a SIEM bucket and a user who has all the rights on it. On my graylog/elastisearch server I installed the plugin, now I need to configure So I wonder if I need to do this part ([Getting Started | Elasticsearch Plugins and Integrations [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.12/repository-s3-usage.html)) since my AWS is already created and configured on my S3 and if I should not go directly to this step: [Client Settings | Elasticsearch Plugins and Integrations [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.12/repository-s3-client.html) ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/13 "2021-04-15T14:13:26Z")
@warkolm actually, I did not see that we could move to the next page after installing the plugin, thank you ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/14 "2021-04-15T14:32:34Z")
Those are the "same" step actually. Which is "how to register a repository". The 1st page is the simplest way. The 2nd page is when you need to configure the S3 client which is often the case I'd say. I'm normally doing: ```auto bin/elasticsearch-keystore add s3.client.default.access_key bin/elasticsearch-keystore add s3.client.default.secret_key ``` Then ```auto PUT _snapshot/siem_repo { "type": "s3", "settings": { "bucket": "siem" } } ``` I'd recommend checking the permissions listed here: [Repository Settings | Elasticsearch Plugins and Integrations [7.12] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/7.12/repository-s3-repository.html#repository-s3-permissions) ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/15 "2021-04-15T14:57:18Z")
the `s3.client.default.access_keys` and the `3.client.default.secret_key` match the user I created in aws S3 to manage the siem bucket? Or maybe I should create an access point on S3 I juste I just found out this ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/16 "2021-04-15T17:20:48Z")
If you are using access and secret keys, yes you need to enter them in the keystore. So the S3 Client which is used by the plugin will know how to access your S3 buckets. You might have to define the region as well in `elasticsearch.yml`. ```auto s3.client.default.region: us-east-1 ``` ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/17 "2021-04-16T07:48:50Z")
And it's the access and secret key generated by the creation of the access point? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2021, 4:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/18 "2021-04-16T16:46:25Z")
I believe those are credentials associated with your user account on AWS. Don't remember exactly how AWS console works TBH 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weathmious](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/weathmious/32/70916_2.png) [@Weathmious](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weathmious)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/19 "2021-04-19T07:58:10Z")
Okay thank you, sorry I’m asking a lot of questions, but I can’t see in the doc how to fix the date, for example if I only want to send indexes that are more than a month old ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085/20 "2021-04-19T09:17:57Z")
It does not seem related to the original question which is about plugin installation, it is? If it's not, could you please open a new discussion and explain exactly what you are meaning? [Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/aws-plugin-installation-problem/270085.md?page=2)