# Azure plugin install error for 2.1.0

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 3, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340 "2016-03-03T06:56:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![chalapathi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chalapathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chalapathi)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2016, 6:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340/1 "2016-03-03T06:56:56Z")

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the Azure plugin for 2.1.0 installation fails.

plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-azure/2.8.2

when I try to install the plugin it successfully downloads and then throws error "Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin zip".

as a workaround, I have downloaded the plugin and copied the unzipped version into "elasticsearch-cloud-azure" folder, now when I run ES on my VM am getting initialize plugin exception with message" Unable to initialize"

Please help me to resolve this.

Thanks,  
Chala.

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**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:** [March 3, 2016, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340/2 "2016-03-03T08:18:41Z")

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Look at the very first lines of the READMEfile.  
You'll find links to the new doc.

David.

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**Author:** ![chalapathi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chalapathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chalapathi)\
**Post date:** [March 7, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340/3 "2016-03-07T12:09:21Z")

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> [@chalapathi](#):
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> le to initialize"

Hi David,

Thanks for your reply, the read me document has "[Elasticsearch: The Official Distributed Search & Analytics Engine | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/products/elasticsearch)" url and I do not see any relevant info on this page.

Thanks,  
Chala.

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**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:** [March 7, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340/4 "2016-03-07T18:31:52Z")

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Here you go: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/cloud-azure.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/cloud-azure.html)

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**Author:** ![chalapathi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chalapathi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chalapathi)\
**Post date:** [March 9, 2016, 9:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340/5 "2016-03-09T09:22:10Z")

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Thanks David, its working.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/azure-plugin-install-error-for-2-1-0/43340/6 "2017-07-05T23:09:58Z")

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