# How I can install plugin elasticsearch-head **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 28, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-install-plugin-elasticsearch-head/137818 "2018-06-28T15:34:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Win32Sector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/win32sector/32/66424_2.png) [@Win32Sector](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Win32Sector)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-install-plugin-elasticsearch-head/137818/1 "2018-06-28T15:34:35Z")
Hello! How I can install elasticsearch-plugin on elasticsearch latest version on ubuntu xenial? I made clean installation of elasticsearch with ansible and it's works, but, If I Install elasticsearch-plugin with this instruction: > **[mobz/elasticsearch-head](https://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head#running-with-built-in-server)** > > elasticsearch-head - A web front end for an elastic search cluster and restart elasticsearch, it is crashing with error: ``` Jun 28 15:17:00 master-node01 systemd[1]: Started Elasticsearch. Jun 28 15:17:02 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: [2018-06-28T15:17:02,860][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [master-node01] initializing ... Jun 28 15:17:02 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: [2018-06-28T15:17:02,979][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [master-node01] using [1] data paths, mounts [[/ (/dev/sda1)]], net usable_spa Jun 28 15:17:02 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: [2018-06-28T15:17:02,980][INFO][o.e.e.NodeEnvironment] [master-node01] heap size [503.6mb], compressed ordinary object pointers [true Jun 28 15:17:02 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: [2018-06-28T15:17:02,984][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [master-node01] node name [master-node01], node ID [pMD02XUJT0aPhwUoXyUWdw] Jun 28 15:17:02 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: [2018-06-28T15:17:02,985][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [master-node01] version[6.3.0], pid[22343], build[default/deb/424e937/2018-06- Jun 28 15:17:02 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: [2018-06-28T15:17:02,986][INFO][o.e.n.Node] [master-node01] JVM arguments [-Xms512m, -Xmx512m, -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC, -X Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: [2018-06-28T15:17:03,073][WARN][o.e.b.ElasticsearchUncaughtExceptionHandler] [master-node01] uncaught exception in thread [main] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: property [elasticsearch.version] is missing for plugin [ Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: property [elasticsearch.version] is missing for plugin [head] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:187) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.readPluginBundle(PluginsService.java:484) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.findBundles(PluginsService.java:463) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:147) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:311) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:252) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:213) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:326) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.3.0.jar:6.3.0] Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 elasticsearch[22343]: ... 6 more Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Unit entered failed state. Jun 28 15:17:03 master-node01 systemd[1]: elasticsearch.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. ``` Installation process of plugin: 1. Install npm 2. git clone repo of plugin 3. cd to the dir 4. npm install 5. then start elasticsearch-head with systemd unit. If I just download plugin to elasticsearch plugin dir, I receive same error ---
**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:** [June 28, 2018, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-install-plugin-elasticsearch-head/137818/2 "2018-06-28T16:13:34Z")
Sounds like you did step 2 in elasticsearch plugins dir. Don't do that and remove the `plugins/elasticsearch-head` dir if any. ---
**Author:** ![Win32Sector](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/win32sector/32/66424_2.png) [@Win32Sector](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Win32Sector)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2018, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-install-plugin-elasticsearch-head/137818/3 "2018-06-28T16:47:27Z")
It is really helped me! I tried to install plugin only to plugin dir. Tnx! ES is the best! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-i-can-install-plugin-elasticsearch-head/137818/4 "2018-07-26T17:00:45Z")
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