# Cannot install hadoop-ES : Plugin-descriptor.properties missing in hadoop-ES plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-hadoop-es-plugin-descriptor-properties-missing-in-hadoop-es-plugin/72603>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** es-hadoop\
**Created:** [January 24, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-hadoop-es-plugin-descriptor-properties-missing-in-hadoop-es-plugin/72603 "2017-01-24T09:44:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![sbone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@sbone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sbone)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-hadoop-es-plugin-descriptor-properties-missing-in-hadoop-es-plugin/72603/1 "2017-01-24T09:44:59Z")

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i am trying to install the hadoop-ES plugin to elasticsearch as root using:

bin/plugin install file:///home/user/elasticsearch-hadoop-5.1.2

it fails with the following error:  
ERROR: Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin zip

i have tried both the the extracted archive and with the .zip

does anyone know where the file is?  
or how i can create it?

thanks.

current setup:

hadoop 2.6.0-cdh5.6.1  
elastic: 2.4.4  
elasticsearch-hadoop: 5.1.2

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**Author:** ![james.baiera](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/james.baiera/32/10209_2.png) [@james.baiera](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/james.baiera)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-hadoop-es-plugin-descriptor-properties-missing-in-hadoop-es-plugin/72603/2 "2017-01-25T20:56:20Z")

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elasticsearch-hadoop is not an Elasticsearch plugin. It is a library that is used in tandem with technologies in the Hadoop ecosystem to provide a source from and sink to elasticsearch in those technologies.

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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:** [February 22, 2017, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-hadoop-es-plugin-descriptor-properties-missing-in-hadoop-es-plugin/72603/3 "2017-02-22T20:56:19Z")

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