# Getting "Plugin does not exist" when trying to install search-guard-ssl plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 6, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-plugin-does-not-exist-when-trying-to-install-search-guard-ssl-plugin/59906 "2016-09-06T19:03:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZillaG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zillag/32/10505_2.png) [@ZillaG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZillaG)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-plugin-does-not-exist-when-trying-to-install-search-guard-ssl-plugin/59906/1 "2016-09-06T19:03:19Z")
i'm following the instructions from [search-guard-ssl-git-docs](https://github.com/floragunncom/search-guard-ssl-docs/blob/master/installation.md) to install the sg-ssl plugin, and am doing either the com.\* or the file:///path/sg-plugin.zip way. I do - cd to ES installation directory - Run /opt/logstash/bin/logstash-plugin install file:///tmp/sg-plugin.zip I get ``` Validating file:///tmp//search-guard-ssl/2.3.5.15 Plugin file:///tmp/search-guard-ssl/2.3.5.15 does not exist ERROR: Installation aborted, verification failed for file:///tmp/search-guard-ssl/2.3.5.15 ``` Yeah the file is in /tmp. What am I missing/ ---
**Author:** ![polyfractal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/polyfractal/32/48162_2.png) [@polyfractal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/polyfractal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-plugin-does-not-exist-when-trying-to-install-search-guard-ssl-plugin/59906/2 "2016-09-06T19:21:07Z")
That's not an official Elastic plugin, so I'd probably go ask the developers directly. They'd be able to help more. 🙂 But from a cursory glance, it appears to be an Elasticsearch plugin but you're trying to install it as a Logstash plugin? ---
**Author:** ![ZillaG](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/zillag/32/10505_2.png) [@ZillaG](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ZillaG)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 8:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-plugin-does-not-exist-when-trying-to-install-search-guard-ssl-plugin/59906/3 "2016-09-06T20:57:39Z")
Ok thanks. When I do `/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin install file:///tmp/plugin.zip` I get `"This command will be deprecated, use bin/logstash-plugin instead."` What do I know? 🙂 Either command gives me the same error though. ---
**Author:** ![polyfractal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/polyfractal/32/48162_2.png) [@polyfractal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/polyfractal)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2016, 9:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-plugin-does-not-exist-when-trying-to-install-search-guard-ssl-plugin/59906/4 "2016-09-06T21:09:34Z")
It sounds like your installation is messed up somehow. E.g. the bin/plugin executable was somehow aliased to the logstash plugin manager? Maybe check to see if the plugin executable has been symlinked somewhere? How did you install ES? Did you install logstash on top of an existing ES directory? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-plugin-does-not-exist-when-trying-to-install-search-guard-ssl-plugin/59906/5 "2017-07-05T22:22:13Z")