# Elasticsearch no longer boots **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 1, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452 "2022-09-01T14:09:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dw5304](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dw5304/32/105273_2.png) [@dw5304](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dw5304)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/1 "2022-09-01T14:09:05Z")
came in this morning to find a non working bootable version of elasticsearch. ```auto [2022-09-01T14:02:06,208][ERROR][o.e.b.Elasticsearch] [redacted] fatal exception while booting Elasticsearch java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown properties for plugin [ingest-attachment] in plugin descriptor: [type] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginDescriptor.readFromProperties(PluginDescriptor.java:218) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.readPluginBundle(PluginsUtils.java:162) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.findBundles(PluginsUtils.java:143) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.getPluginBundles(PluginsUtils.java:125) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:141) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.lambda$getPluginsServiceCtor$14(PluginsService.java:579) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:399) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:311) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch$2.(Elasticsearch.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.initPhase3(Elasticsearch.java:214) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:67) ~[elasticsearch-8.4.1.jar:?] ``` wondering how I can reinstall the plugin or how I can getting this back online. ---
**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 2, 2022, 7:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/2 "2022-09-02T07:53:42Z")
It should be something like: ```auto sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove ingest-attachment sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install ingest-attachment ``` ---
**Author:** ![dw5304](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dw5304/32/105273_2.png) [@dw5304](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dw5304)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 7:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/3 "2022-09-06T19:47:43Z")
> [@dadoonet](#): > > `remove ingest-attachment` ```auto sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove ingest-attachment Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Unknown properties for plugin [ingest-attachment] in plugin descriptor: [type] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginDescriptor.readFromProperties(PluginDescriptor.java:218) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.readPluginBundle(PluginsUtils.java:162) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.findBundles(PluginsUtils.java:143) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.getPluginBundles(PluginsUtils.java:125) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsUtils.getDependencyMapView(PluginsUtils.java:135) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.cli.RemovePluginAction.ensurePluginsNotUsedByOtherPlugins(RemovePluginAction.java:95) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.cli.RemovePluginAction.execute(RemovePluginAction.java:77) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.cli.RemovePluginCommand.execute(RemovePluginCommand.java:43) at org.elasticsearch.common.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:54) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:85) at org.elasticsearch.cli.MultiCommand.execute(MultiCommand.java:94) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:85) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:50) at org.elasticsearch.launcher.CliToolLauncher.main(CliToolLauncher.java:64) ``` ---
**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 6, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/4 "2022-09-06T20:29:05Z")
So may be manually remove the `ingest-attachment` dir from the `plugins` dir? ---
**Author:** ![dw5304](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dw5304/32/105273_2.png) [@dw5304](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dw5304)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/5 "2022-09-06T20:50:13Z")
was able to manually remove said package from the plugin dir. after doing so i attempted to reinstall via elasticsearch-plugin ```auto /usr/share/elasticsearch# sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin install ingest-attachment -> Installing ingest-attachment [ingest-attachment] is no longer a plugin but instead a module packaged with this distribution of Elasticsearch -> Please restart Elasticsearch to activate any plugins installed ``` ---
**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 6, 2022, 11:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/6 "2022-09-06T23:33:14Z")
So you don't need to install it anymore as it's part of the distribution now. ---
**Author:** ![dw5304](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dw5304/32/105273_2.png) [@dw5304](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dw5304)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/7 "2022-09-06T23:45:07Z")
Looks to be correct, but if it's failing.... How does one reinstall it properly? ---
**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 7, 2022, 8:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/8 "2022-09-07T08:31:19Z")
I don't get it. You installed the latest version of Elasticsearch, right? You just have to start it. You don't need to reinstall the plugin. ---
**Author:** ![dw5304](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dw5304/32/105273_2.png) [@dw5304](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dw5304)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/9 "2022-09-07T14:09:22Z")
Yes, but it seems something is screwed up. ---
**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 7, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/10 "2022-09-07T14:43:36Z")
Could you share the full logs please? ---
**Author:** ![dw5304](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dw5304/32/105273_2.png) [@dw5304](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dw5304)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/11 "2022-09-07T14:55:24Z")
I ended up doing a force reinstall of elastic seems everything is good to go now. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-no-longer-boots/313452/12 "2022-10-05T14:56:07Z")
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