# Cannot install local plugin without internet connection

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-local-plugin-without-internet-connection/130673
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [May 4, 2018, 6:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-local-plugin-without-internet-connection/130673 "2018-05-04T18:52:44Z")
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### Author: ![motts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/839c29/32.png) [@motts](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/motts)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2018, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-install-local-plugin-without-internet-connection/130673/6 "2018-05-16T13:10:38Z")

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With internet I am having issues installing any plugins. I have 2 threads open, but none of them have been looked at. One closed because it was open too long without a comment ☹

> [@Logstash downloadable filter plugins are not found by Logstash](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-downloadable-filter-plugins-are-not-found-by-logstash/127539):
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> Hello, I am using Logstash 6.2 currently and I am trying to get any downloadable filters to work, but when starting Logstash, I get an error stating that all of the downloaded filters cannot be found. Here is an example for the Alter plugin: [ERROR][logstash.agent] Failed to execute action {:action=\>LogStash::PipelineAction::Create/pipeline\_id:main, :exception=\>"LogStash::PluginLoadingError", :message=\>"Couldn't find any filter plugin named 'alter'. Are you sure this is correct? Trying to loa…

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> [@Logstash Alter filter not found](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-alter-filter-not-found/125278/6):
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> This thread has been open almost a month now. Has anyone looked into this?

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