# Beta plugin crashed. ES does not start

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-plugin-crashed-es-does-not-start/1006>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [May 20, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-plugin-crashed-es-does-not-start/1006 "2015-05-20T17:12:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![esap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@esap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esap)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-plugin-crashed-es-does-not-start/1006/1 "2015-05-20T17:12:57Z")

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Running es 1.4.4. Just downloaded the beta and es does not start...

D:\elasticsearch-1.4.4\bin\>plugin -i elasticsearch/watcher/xxxxxxlicensekey  
D  
-\> Installing elasticsearch/watcher/xxxxxxlicensekey...  
Trying [http://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/watcher/watcher-e52000Qb0](http://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/watcher/watcher-e52000Qb0)  
xxxxxxlicensekey.zip...  
Downloading ....................................................................  
.........................DONE  
Installed elasticsearch/watcher/xxxxxxlicensekey into D:\elasticsearch-1.4  
.4\plugins\watcher

D:\elasticsearch-1.4.4\bin\>elasticsearch.bat  
[2015-05-20 10:07:17,621][WARN][bootstrap] jvm uses the client  
vm, make sure to run `java` with the server vm for best performance by adding `- server` to the command line  
[2015-05-20 10:07:17,807][INFO][node] [Gwen Stacy] version  
[1.4.4], pid[2140], build[c88f77f/2015-02-19T13:05:36Z]  
[2015-05-20 10:07:17,808][INFO][node] [Gwen Stacy] initial  
izing ...  
[2015-05-20 10:07:17,887][INFO][plugins] [Gwen Stacy] loaded  
[watcher, license], sites []  
{1.4.4}: Initialization Failed ...

- NoSuchFieldError[V\_1\_5\_0]

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**Author:** ![mvg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mvg/32/98890_2.png) [@mvg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvg)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 5:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-plugin-crashed-es-does-not-start/1006/3 "2015-05-20T17:31:08Z")

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Hi esap,

Watcher requires at least ES 1.5.0, so can you try to install it on a \>=1.5.0 cluster?

Martijn

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**Author:** ![flecno](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/flecno/32/44811_2.png) [@flecno](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/flecno)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-plugin-crashed-es-does-not-start/1006/4 "2015-05-20T19:24:31Z")

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I build my simple test server with this Dockerfile:

```auto
FROM elasticsearch:1.5.2

RUN plugin -i elasticsearch/license/latest
RUN plugin -i elasticsearch/watcher/<YOU_BETA_KEY>

```

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**Author:** ![esap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@esap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esap)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-plugin-crashed-es-does-not-start/1006/5 "2015-05-20T20:57:37Z")

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Thank you mvg. Upgraded es 1.5.2 and it works now.

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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 6, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beta-plugin-crashed-es-does-not-start/1006/6 "2017-07-06T13:50:02Z")

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