# Do I need to restart elasticsearch after instsalling Marvel (plugins in general)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-restart-elasticsearch-after-instsalling-marvel-plugins-in-general/38532>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 6, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-restart-elasticsearch-after-instsalling-marvel-plugins-in-general/38532 "2016-01-06T18:27:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kaufusihm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Kaufusihm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaufusihm)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-restart-elasticsearch-after-instsalling-marvel-plugins-in-general/38532/1 "2016-01-06T18:27:31Z")

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When I install the license and watcher plugin do i need to restart the ES node to get the plugin running?

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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:** [January 6, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-restart-elasticsearch-after-instsalling-marvel-plugins-in-general/38532/2 "2016-01-06T18:47:23Z")

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Yes it's needed.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/do-i-need-to-restart-elasticsearch-after-instsalling-marvel-plugins-in-general/38532/3 "2017-07-05T23:26:42Z")

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