# Error kibana-plugin install (metadata) **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [March 12, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-plugin-install-metadata/123562 "2018-03-12T14:17:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![davidp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidp/32/28686_2.png) [@davidp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-plugin-install-metadata/123562/1 "2018-03-12T14:17:34Z")
Hi there, I installed in CentOS 7 ELK in version 6.2.2. Now installing the X-Pack according to instructions in [https://www.elastic.co/downloads/x-pack](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/x-pack) I get the following error: [david@localhost bin]$ sudo ./kibana-plugin install file:///home/david/Downloads/x-pack-6.2.2.zip Found previous install attempt. Deleting... Attempting to transfer from file:///home/david/Downloads/x-pack-6.2.2.zip Transferring unknown number of bytes Transfer complete Retrieving metadata from plugin archive Error: end of central directory record signature not found at /usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/yauzl/index.js:179:14 at Immediate. (/usr/share/kibana/node\_modules/yauzl/index.js:532:38) at runCallback (timers.js:672:20) at tryOnImmediate (timers.js:645:5) at processImmediate [as \_immediateCallback] (timers.js:617:5) Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error "Error retrieving metadata from plugin archive" I get the same error with: sudo ./kibana-plugin install x-pack The CentOS is a Vbox virtual machine and I'm using a Nginx to access kibana. thanks in advance, David ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-plugin-install-metadata/123562/2 "2018-03-12T14:32:54Z")
Hi Did you download the file from [here](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/packs/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.2.zip) ? Can you also verify that the SHA512 digest is the same as [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/packs/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.2.zip.sha512](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/packs/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.2.zip.sha512) ? ---
**Author:** ![davidp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidp/32/28686_2.png) [@davidp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-plugin-install-metadata/123562/3 "2018-03-12T15:43:12Z")
yes Ioannis, it's from the URL you say. I also checked the SHA512 ---
**Author:** ![ikakavas](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ikakavas/32/34430_2.png) [@ikakavas](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ikakavas)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-plugin-install-metadata/123562/4 "2018-03-12T16:22:04Z")
I can't seem to reproduce this. I just gave it a try on a newly installed CentOS 7 in VirtualBox with no issue whatsoever. What I find peculiar is the `Transferring unknown number of bytes`, it usually prints the number of bytes of the ZIP archive there instead of `unknown`. I would think that X-Pack archive is corrupted somehow but you mentioned you checked the SHA512 and it matches. When running `sudo ./kibana-plugin install x-pack`, does it download the the archive just fine and then exits with the `Error retrieving metadata from plugin archive`? ---
**Author:** ![davidp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/davidp/32/28686_2.png) [@davidp](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/davidp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-plugin-install-metadata/123562/5 "2018-03-12T16:59:15Z")
no idea why, but I executed again the command that downloads the plugin automatically and it went well: [david@localhost bin]$ sudo ./kibana-plugin install x-pack [sudo] password for david: Attempting to transfer from x-pack Attempting to transfer from [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana-plugins/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.2.zip](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/kibana-plugins/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.2.zip) Transferring 269704442 bytes.................... Transfer complete Retrieving metadata from plugin archive Extracting plugin archive Extraction complete Optimizing and caching browser bundles... Plugin installation complete thanks Ioannis ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-kibana-plugin-install-metadata/123562/6 "2018-04-09T16:59:42Z")
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