# Elasticsearch Plugin is red

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [December 15, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216 "2016-12-15T20:17:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![adm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@adm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adm)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/1 "2016-12-15T20:17:39Z")

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Hi,  
I just downloaded kibana 5.1.1 alpha 5 and elasticsearch 5.1.1 alpha 5 version for windows. My problem is while going to localhost:5601, the status is red and under status breakdown, it says  
plugin:elasticsearch@5.1.1  
This version of kibana requires Elasticsearch v5.1.1 on all nodes. I found the following incompatible nodes in your cluster:

v5.0.0-alpha5 @127.0.0.1:9200 (127.0.0.1).

Any help would be appreciated.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/2 "2016-12-15T20:20:19Z")

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I don't believe we ever released an alpha of 5.1.1?

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**Author:** ![adm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@adm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adm)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/3 "2016-12-15T22:31:00Z")

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Sorry. I mixed two versions of both :(. One in 5.0.0-alpha5 and another one is 5.1.1  
I downloaded elasticsearch and kibana of both versions (Elasticsearch 5.0.0-alpha5 and Kibana 5.0.0-alpha5 for linux) and (Elasticsearch 5.1.1 and Kibana 5.1.1 for windows). And both are giving me same problem.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/4 "2016-12-15T22:37:47Z")

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Is ES starting then? Check your logs.

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**Author:** ![adm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@adm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adm)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/5 "2016-12-15T22:48:34Z")

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Yes, Elasticsearch is started giving me:

{  
"name" : "my\_name",  
"cluster\_name" : "my\_cluster\_name",  
"version" : {  
"number" : "5.0.0-alpha5",  
"build\_hash" : "d327dd4",  
"build\_date" : "2016-08-04T08:59:39.568Z",  
"build\_snapshot" : false,  
"lucene\_version" : "6.1.0"  
},  
"tagline" : "You Know, for Search"  
}

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**Author:** ![adm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@adm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adm)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/6 "2016-12-16T22:56:18Z")

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Resolved.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2016, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/7 "2016-12-16T23:19:10Z")

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Explaining how may help other sin future.

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**Author:** ![adm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@adm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adm)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 4:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/8 "2016-12-17T04:28:44Z")

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Well, I was using these two versions together (Elasticsearch 5.0.0-alpha5 and Kibana 5.0.0-alpha5 for linux) and tried with these two as well (Elasticsearch 5.1.1 and Kibana 5.1.1 for windows) to see if problem still persists.  
Using lower version of kibana, for example (kibana 4.6.3) helped in resolving the issue.  
I hope someone finds this useful.

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 4:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/9 "2016-12-17T04:35:34Z")

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That doesn't really fix it, ES + KB 5.X will talk to each other.

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**Author:** ![adm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6f9a4e/32.png) [@adm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/adm)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2016, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/10 "2016-12-17T23:29:23Z")

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Yes, I agree. I did not said that the issue is fixed. In my case, ES + KB 5.X are not talking to each other. That is just work around.  
If anyone finds the issue, please mention how to fix that.  
Thanks

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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:** [January 14, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-plugin-is-red/69216/11 "2017-01-14T23:29:47Z")

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