# Combine elasticsearch 5.1.1 and repository hdfs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-elasticsearch-5-1-1-and-repository-hdfs/69659>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 21, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-elasticsearch-5-1-1-and-repository-hdfs/69659 "2016-12-21T09:58:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![111145](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/5e9695/32.png) [@111145](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111145)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2016, 9:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-elasticsearch-5-1-1-and-repository-hdfs/69659/1 "2016-12-21T09:58:04Z")

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The hdfs attribute on elasticsearch.yml does not seem to be recognized

my elasticsearch.yml file

```auto
repositories:
  hdfs:
    uri: "hdfs://es-master:9000/" # optional - Hadoop file-system URI
    path: "some/path" # required - path with the file-system where data is stored/loaded

```

the error message:

```auto
[2016-12-21T04:49:58,120][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [node-1] uncaught exception in thread [main]
org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [repositories.hdfs.path] please check that any required plugins are inst alled, or check the breaking changes documentation for removed settings
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:112) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.SettingCommand.execute(SettingCommand.java:54) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:96) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:62) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:89) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:82) ~[elasticsearch-5.1.1.jar:5.1.1]
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: unknown setting [repositories.hdfs.path] please check that any required plugins are installed, or check the breaking change s documentation for removed settings

```

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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:** [December 21, 2016, 10:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-elasticsearch-5-1-1-and-repository-hdfs/69659/2 "2016-12-21T10:14:51Z")

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This is a bug.

We should either remove that from the documentation [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/repository-hdfs-config.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/repository-hdfs-config.html)

Or add it to the code base.

Would you like to open an issue?

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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:** [December 21, 2016, 11:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-elasticsearch-5-1-1-and-repository-hdfs/69659/3 "2016-12-21T11:23:25Z")

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I opened this

> <https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/22301>

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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:** [January 18, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combine-elasticsearch-5-1-1-and-repository-hdfs/69659/4 "2017-01-18T11:24:10Z")

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