# Do I need to install the plugin on the client node?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-install-the-plugin-on-the-client-node/85773>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 15, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-install-the-plugin-on-the-client-node/85773 "2017-05-15T13:48:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![breezzz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/breezzz/32/18245_2.png) [@breezzz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/breezzz)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-install-the-plugin-on-the-client-node/85773/1 "2017-05-15T13:48:02Z")

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Good day!

> This plugin can be installed using the plugin manager:

> sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install repository-s3  
> The plugin must be installed on every node in the cluster, and each node must be restarted after installation.

Do I need to install the plugin on the client node or to master/data is enough?

> node.master: 'false'  
> node.data: 'false'  
> node.ingest: 'false'  
> --  
> "version" : {  
> "number" : "5.0.0",  
> "build\_hash" : "253032b",  
> "build\_date" : "2016-10-26T04:37:51.531Z",  
> "build\_snapshot" : false,  
> "lucene\_version" : "6.2.0"  
> },

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**Author:** ![bobby259](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9de053/32.png) [@bobby259](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bobby259)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-install-the-plugin-on-the-client-node/85773/2 "2017-05-15T13:56:01Z")

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Yes. Install the plug-in on all the nodes of the cluster. It is not going to harm you.

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**Author:** ![breezzz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/breezzz/32/18245_2.png) [@breezzz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/breezzz)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 1:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-install-the-plugin-on-the-client-node/85773/3 "2017-05-15T13:58:41Z")

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thank you @bobby259

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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:** [June 12, 2017, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-install-the-plugin-on-the-client-node/85773/4 "2017-06-12T14:10:14Z")

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