# ES fails to load plugin - what am I missing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 27, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-load-plugin-what-am-i-missing/18379 "2014-06-27T21:16:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frank\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Frank\_Flynn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-load-plugin-what-am-i-missing/18379/1 "2014-06-27T21:16:06Z")
Hi everyone, I'm trying to do a back up to S3. I'm running ES "version" : "1.1.1", "build" : "f1585f0" and I have tried to install the plugin on all the nodes bin/plugin -install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.1.1 which appeared to work (no errors) and I restarted all of the nodes. but it did not work - when I try to create a snapshot using "type": "s3" I get an error: NoClassSettingsException[failed to load class with value [s3]; And when I do the \_nodes query it shows (among many other things): ``` "plugins" : [] ``` So I tried to install the elasticsearch-cloud-aws/2.1.1 plugin again and I get an error saying that directory exists and I should uninstall if I want to update. So what did I miss? Why is this lot loading - there is nothing in the error logs at all. Thanks for any help, Frank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c00a2ae4-01ae-4326-8aac-49b551cf4c01%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c00a2ae4-01ae-4326-8aac-49b551cf4c01%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Frank\_Flynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Frank\_Flynn](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Frank_Flynn)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-load-plugin-what-am-i-missing/18379/2 "2014-06-27T22:20:47Z")
OK - never mind --- /etc/init.d/elasticsearch restart didn't really restart it. Got it really restarted and the plugin shows up. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5a7119d-cc83-489e-83ae-b73df3ea8ccc%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5a7119d-cc83-489e-83ae-b73df3ea8ccc%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2014, 7:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-load-plugin-what-am-i-missing/18379/3 "2014-06-30T07:54:35Z")
Hey, glad you solved it. Just for future reference: you can use the nodes info API to see your installed plugins like this: [http://localhost:9200/\_nodes/plugins](http://localhost:9200/_nodes/plugins) If you have further problems with restarted using the init script, which is packaged with ES, dont hesitate to create an issue! --Alex On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Frank Flynn [faultlessfrank@gmail.com](mailto:faultlessfrank@gmail.com) wrote: > OK - never mind --- > > /etc/init.d/elasticsearch restart didn't really restart it. Got it > really restarted and the plugin shows up. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5a7119d-cc83-489e-83ae-b73df3ea8ccc%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5a7119d-cc83-489e-83ae-b73df3ea8ccc%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5a7119d-cc83-489e-83ae-b73df3ea8ccc%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/c5a7119d-cc83-489e-83ae-b73df3ea8ccc%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM\_W5%3D6oE%3DkF289MohtFFxycwRBGwWVN%2B\_YRfWU2O%3DyBOw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM_W5%3D6oE%3DkF289MohtFFxycwRBGwWVN%2B_YRfWU2O%3DyBOw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/es-fails-to-load-plugin-what-am-i-missing/18379/4 "2017-07-06T01:18:59Z")