# Elasticsearch-repository-hdfs plugin installation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-plugin-installation/116016>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 18, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-plugin-installation/116016 "2018-01-18T10:22:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![saijana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saijana/32/46197_2.png) [@saijana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saijana)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-plugin-installation/116016/1 "2018-01-18T10:22:42Z")

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Hi,

Can someone suggest me where to download the plugin for **elasticsearch-repository-hdfs plugin**

I need to take a backup of elasticsearch index in hdfs.  
I am using Elasticsearch 2.3.5.

I tried to install ES-Hadoop plugin...when i try to install

```
    C:\Jana\softwares\elasticsearch-2.3.5\bin>plugin install file:////c:\Jana\elasti
csearch-hadoop-2.4.0.zip
-> Installing from file:////c:/Jana/elasticsearch-hadoop-2.4.0.zip...
Plugins directory [C:\Jana\softwares\elasticsearch-2.3.5\plugins] does not exist
. Creating...
Trying file:////c:/Jana/elasticsearch-hadoop-2.4.0.zip ...
Downloading ....................................................................
..........................DONE
Verifying file:////c:/Jana/elasticsearch-hadoop-2.4.0.zip checksums if available
 ...
NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .
md5 file to verify)
ERROR: Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin
 zip..

```

NOTE: I tried installing different versions of plugin.still got the same error  
Help!..

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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 18, 2018, 11:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-plugin-installation/116016/2 "2018-01-18T11:22:42Z")

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This should work if I read the docs correctly:

```auto
bin/plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs/2.3.4

```

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**Author:** ![saijana](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saijana/32/46197_2.png) [@saijana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saijana)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-plugin-installation/116016/3 "2018-01-18T13:33:25Z")

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Thank you..It worked..

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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:** [February 15, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-repository-hdfs-plugin-installation/116016/4 "2018-02-15T13:33:42Z")

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