# Elastic search filter plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Logstash\ **Created:** [December 2, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-filter-plugin/110015 "2017-12-02T16:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sai\_Jana\_Selvakumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_jana_selvakumar/32/24884_2.png) [@Sai\_Jana\_Selvakumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Jana_Selvakumar)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-filter-plugin/110015/1 "2017-12-02T16:31:14Z")
Do we need to install **Elastic search filter plugin** externally or do we need to install.. When I try to run logstash with elasticsearch filter plugin .I am getting this error Problems loading a plugin with {:type=\>"filter", :name=\>"elasticsearch", :path=\>"logstash/filters/elasticsearch", :error\_message=\>"NameError", :error\_class=\>NameError, :error\_backtrace=\>["/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:226:in `namespace_lookup'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:162:in`legacy\_lookup'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:138:in `lookup'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugins/registry.rb:180:in`lookup\_pipeline\_plugin'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/plugin.rb:140:in `lookup'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:103:in`plugin'", "(eval):68:in `initialize'", "org/jruby/RubyKernel.java:1079:in`eval'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:75:in `initialize'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/pipeline.rb:165:in`initialize'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:286:in `create_pipeline'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/agent.rb:95:in`register\_pipeline'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:313:in `execute'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2_profiles/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:67:in`run'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/logstash-core/lib/logstash/runner.rb:204:in `run'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2_profiles/vendor/bundle/jruby/1.9/gems/clamp-0.6.5/lib/clamp/command.rb:132:in`run'", "/appl/essapp/appl/logstash-5.6.2\_profiles/lib/bootstrap/environment.rb:71:in `(root)'"]} [2017-12-01T15:09:57,890][ERROR][logstash.agent] Cannot create pipeline {:reason=\>"Couldn't find any filter plugin named 'elasticsearch'. Are you sure this is correct? Trying to load the elasticsearch filter plugin resulted in this error: Problems loading the requested plugin named elasticsearch of type filter. Error: NameError NameError"} ---
**Author:** ![JKhondhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@JKhondhu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/JKhondhu)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-filter-plugin/110015/2 "2017-12-04T14:12:11Z")
Hi, Is the plugin installed? How did you attempt to install it? Can you list the plugin with: bin/logstash-plugin list If not installed action with: bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-filter-elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![Sai\_Jana\_Selvakumar](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sai_jana_selvakumar/32/24884_2.png) [@Sai\_Jana\_Selvakumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sai_Jana_Selvakumar)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-filter-plugin/110015/3 "2017-12-05T13:03:43Z")
When I try to install the plugin I am getting the below error ./logstash-plugin install ../logstash-filter-elasticsearch-3.2.1.gem Validating ../logstash-filter-elasticsearch-3.2.1.gem Installing logstash-filter-elasticsearch which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 1/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 2/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 3/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 4/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 5/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 6/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 7/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 8/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 9/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Error Bundler::InstallError, retrying 10/10 An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. which: no javac in (/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/home/essapp/bin) Too many retries, aborting, caused by Bundler::InstallError ERROR: Installation Aborted, message: An error occurred while installing logstash-core (5.6.2), and Bundler cannot continue. Make sure that `gem install logstash-core -v '5.6.2'` succeeds before bundling. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2018, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-filter-plugin/110015/4 "2018-01-02T13:03:49Z")
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