# Elasticsearch 6.3.0 unavailable in maven repository

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 5, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782 "2018-07-05T18:36:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Rick\_Cole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Rick\_Cole](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rick_Cole)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/1 "2018-07-05T18:36:41Z")

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When attempting to download the elasticsearch distribution zip from the maven global repository, I am getting a 404. Is anyone else having this issue?

[https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/elasticsearch/distribution/zip/elasticsearch/6.3.0/](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/elasticsearch/distribution/zip/elasticsearch/6.3.0/)

Rick

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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:** [July 5, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/2 "2018-07-05T19:20:54Z")

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You can't get the distribution in Maven. URL is [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.3.0.zip](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-6.3.0.zip)

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Cole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Rick\_Cole](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rick_Cole)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/3 "2018-07-05T19:25:00Z")

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We have been downloading distributions from this repository for previous versions for a while now. The problem is that this particular version is broken. We use this link as a part of our build process.

Rick

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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:** [July 5, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/4 "2018-07-05T19:47:20Z")

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You can do it for the OSS version at [https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/elasticsearch/distribution/zip/elasticsearch-oss/6.3.0/](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/elasticsearch/distribution/zip/elasticsearch-oss/6.3.0/)

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**Author:** ![Rick\_Cole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dec6dc/32.png) [@Rick\_Cole](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rick_Cole)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/5 "2018-07-05T21:18:28Z")

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Thank you

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**Author:** ![rjernst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rjernst/32/6363_2.png) [@rjernst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rjernst)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 2:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/6 "2018-07-06T02:15:09Z")

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@Rick_Cole Please note that the distribution only exists in maven for testing purposes, but it is possible and likely our test framework will eventually pull the distributions directly from the elastic download service. To make your downloading future proof, you should use the official download URL @dadoonet mentioned earlier.

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**Author:** ![clement\_tourriere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/clement_tourriere/32/479_2.png) [@clement\_tourriere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/clement_tourriere)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2018, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/7 "2018-07-06T08:24:07Z")

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The problem is, when using the build-tools for plugin development, the `gradle run` command doesn't work anymore (since it is searching for this distribution in maven).  
Is there any workaround to make this work ?

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**Author:** ![clement\_tourriere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/clement_tourriere/32/479_2.png) [@clement\_tourriere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/clement_tourriere)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/8 "2018-08-01T07:52:33Z")

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Hello,  
`gradle run` command can be very practical when developing a plugin. Do you have any hint to make this work with Elasticsearch version \>= 6.3.0 (it crashes because distribution is unavailable in maven repository).

Thank you in advance.

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/9 "2018-08-01T08:17:41Z")

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Did you try with 6.3.2? I think I read an issue about that recently.

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**Author:** ![clement\_tourriere](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/clement_tourriere/32/479_2.png) [@clement\_tourriere](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/clement_tourriere)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/10 "2018-08-01T08:22:29Z")

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Yes I try, unfortunately I got the same error:

```
> Configure project :
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Elasticsearch Build Hamster says Hello!
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  Gradle Version : 4.8
  OS Info : Mac OS X 10.13.6 (x86_64)
  JDK Version : Oracle Corporation 10.0.1 [Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 10.0.1+10]
  JAVA_HOME : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.0.1.jdk/Contents/Home
  Random Testing Seed : DFF923A345AC2D24

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Could not determine the dependencies of task ':run#extract'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':run_elasticsearchDistro'.
   > Could not find org.elasticsearch.distribution.zip:elasticsearch:6.3.2.
     Searched in the following locations:
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/elasticsearch/distribution/zip/elasticsearch/6.3.2/elasticsearch-6.3.2.pom
       - https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/elasticsearch/distribution/zip/elasticsearch/6.3.2/elasticsearch-6.3.2.zip
     Required by:
         project :

```

It works as expected with version \< 6.3.0

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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:** [August 1, 2018, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/11 "2018-08-01T08:37:36Z")

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Ha sorry about that. @rjernst might know then.

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**Author:** ![rjernst](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rjernst/32/6363_2.png) [@rjernst](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rjernst)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/12 "2018-08-01T15:20:54Z")

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Try adding `https://artifacts.elastic.co/maven` as a repo in your build. Since in 6.3.0 we switched to the default distribution containing x-pack, only the oss version is hosted on maven central.

I've opened [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/32549](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/pull/32549) to do this as part of the build setup.

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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:** [August 29, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-3-0-unavailable-in-maven-repository/138782/13 "2018-08-29T15:20:59Z")

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