# Error: Unsupported/Unknown Elasticsearch version 6.X.X
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unsupported-unknown-elasticsearch-version-6-x-x/164846
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** es-hadoop
**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unsupported-unknown-elasticsearch-version-6-x-x/164846 "2019-01-18T18:34:05Z")
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### Author:  [@spagano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spagano)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2019, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unsupported-unknown-elasticsearch-version-6-x-x/164846/1 "2019-01-18T18:34:05Z")
Hi,
I saw the same problem on too many places.
I have Hortonworks 2.6.4, Hadoop 2.7.3.2.6.4.0-91, Hive 1.2.1000.2.6.4.0-91, and, on the same host, I have installed Elasticsearch 6.4.3.
Then, I do the following
by command line:
1. wget -P /tmp [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-hadoop/elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3.zip;](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-hadoop/elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3.zip;)
ok
2. unzip /tmp/elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3.zip -d /tmp;
ok
3. hdfs dfs -copyFromLocal /tmp/elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3/dist/elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3.jar /tmp
ok
On beeline o hive from dbeaver I do this:
1. ADD JAR hdfs:///tmp/elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3.jar;
LIST JAR;
ok
2. CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE artists (
id BIGINT,
name STRING,
links STRUCT\)
STORED BY 'org.elasticsearch.hadoop.hive.EsStorageHandler'
TBLPROPERTIES('es.nodes' = 'localhost' , 'es.resource' = 'radio/artists');
ok
3. select \* from artists;
wrong!
I GET "java.io.IOException: org.elasticsearch.hadoop.EsHadoopIllegalArgumentException: Unsupported/Unknown Elasticsearch version 6.4.3"
Why?? my ES is 6.4.3 and my ES-Hadoop 6.4.3
I saw the java code from elasticsearch-hadoop project and found this:
For InicializationUtils.java
if (!(esVersion.startsWith("1.") || esVersion.startsWith("2."))) {
throw new EsHadoopIllegalArgumentException("Unsupported/Unknown Elasticsearch version " + esVersion);
}
This is a validation that my ES has to be 1.x or 2.x????
What is wrong here??
Thanks in advance!!!
Sergio.
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### Author:  [@spagano](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spagano)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unsupported-unknown-elasticsearch-version-6-x-x/164846/2 "2019-01-22T00:08:35Z")
The problem was solved.
The roadmap was the following:
1. Use hive, no beeline.
2. Just copy elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3.jar to all data nodes and masters on /{HDP\_HOME}/hadoop/lib/ (hortonworks to me)
3. Create index and type on elasticsearch
curl -X POST 'localhost:9200/bookindex/books' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d'
{
"bookId" : "A00-3",
"author" : "Sankaran",
"publisher" : "Mcgrahill",
"name" : "how to get a job"
}
'
4. On hive always to do:
hive\> add jar /usr/hdp/2.6.4.0-91/hadoop/lib/commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar;
hive\> add jar /usr/hdp/2.6.4.0-91/hadoop/lib/elasticsearch-hadoop-6.4.3.jar;
hive\> CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE books ( bookId STRING, author STRING, publisher STRING, name STRING) STORED BY 'org.elasticsearch.hadoop.hive.EsStorageHandler' TBLPROPERTIES('es.nodes.wan.only'= 'TRUE', 'es.nodes.discovery' = 'false', 'es.nodes' = 'localhost', 'es.port' = '9200', 'es.resource' = 'bookindex/books');
hive\> insert into books(bookid,author,publisher,name) values ('2','Pablo Neruda', 'Estrada','Poemas de Pablo Neruda');
hive\> select count(\*) from books;
hive\>select \* from books;
OK
5. Check bookindex on elasticsearch!!
Enjoy!
Sergio.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-unsupported-unknown-elasticsearch-version-6-x-x/164846/3 "2019-02-19T00:08:35Z")
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