# Could not load plugin descriptor for existing plugin \[repository-hdfs\]. Was the plugin built before 2.0? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 29, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779 "2016-09-29T07:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jesus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jesus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/1 "2016-09-29T07:42:27Z")
Hi, I installed the repository-hdfs plugin but I have an error when I run Elasticsearch. This is the error: > ./elasticsearch > [2016-09-29 09:37:33,169][WARN][bootstrap] unable to install syscall filter: seccomp unavailable: requires kernel 3.5+ with CONFIG\_SECCOMP and CONFIG\_SECCOMP\_FILTER compiled in > [2016-09-29 09:37:33,295][INFO][node] [Hammer Harrison] version[2.4.0], pid[8381], build[ce9f0c7/2016-08-29T09:14:17Z] > [2016-09-29 09:37:33,299][INFO][node] [Hammer Harrison] initializing ... > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load plugin descriptor for existing plugin [repository-hdfs]. Was the plugin built before 2.0? > Likely root cause: java.nio.file.AccessDeniedException: /home/weblogic/elasticsearch-2.4.0/plugins/repository-hdfs/plugin-descriptor.properties > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:84) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107) > at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:214) > at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361) > at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407) > at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384) > at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:87) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.getPluginBundles(PluginsService.java:378) > at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:128) > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:158) > at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:140) > at org.elasticsearch.node.NodeBuilder.build(NodeBuilder.java:143) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:194) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:286) > at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:35) > Refer to the log for complete error details. I do not understand why it is happening. Can anybody help me, please? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/2 "2016-09-29T08:15:58Z")
I think you installed a wrong version. How did you install your plugin? ---
**Author:** ![Jesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jesus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jesus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/3 "2016-09-29T10:00:48Z")
I use this command to install my plugin: bin/plugin install file:///home/weblogic/elasticsearch-2.4.0/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-2.4.0-hadoop2.zip I downloaded my plugin then I installed with "bin/plugin install" I installed elasticsearch 2.4.0. How can I see more plugin version of repository-hdfs? ---
**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:** [September 29, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/4 "2016-09-29T10:52:39Z")
Where did you download this file from? ---
**Author:** ![Jesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jesus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jesus)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/5 "2016-09-29T12:54:17Z")
I downloaded it from here: [https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.4.0/](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.4.0/) ---
**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:** [September 30, 2016, 10:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/6 "2016-09-30T10:03:57Z")
Strange. This file ( [https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.4.0/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-2.4.0-hadoop2.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.4.0/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-2.4.0-hadoop2.zip) ) has the `plugin-descriptor.properties` file in it. I think you are doing something bad on your side but can't really tell with the details you provided so far. Can you reproduce the error you have seen with: - a fresh clean install of elasticsearch 2.4.0 - the zip file I linked here downloaded to `/tmp` - `bin/plugin install file:///tmp/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-2.4.0-hadoop2.zip` executed with no failure - `bin/elasticsearch` And report again? BTW why are you downloading manually the ZIP file? ---
**Author:** ![Jesus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@Jesus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jesus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 10:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/7 "2016-09-30T10:46:23Z")
Finally, I install Elasticsearch 2.3.1 with this hdfs: [https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-2.4.0.BUILD-20160418.041409-10-hadoop2.zip](https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-2.4.0.BUILD-20160418.041409-10-hadoop2.zip) And it worked perfectly. THANKS!!! ---
**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, 10:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/could-not-load-plugin-descriptor-for-existing-plugin-repository-hdfs-was-the-plugin-built-before-2-0/61779/8 "2017-07-05T22:15:50Z")