# How to install a plugin from a jar file **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 5, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-from-a-jar-file/22528 "2015-03-05T12:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Oranit\_Dror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@Oranit\_Dror](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oranit_Dror)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-from-a-jar-file/22528/1 "2015-03-05T12:54:11Z")
Hi, I have written a plugin, but I cannot make ElasticSearch 1.4.4 to use it. Specifically, I packed the plugin as a jar file and placed the jar file under my ELASTIC\_SEARCH\_DIR/plugins/ directory. However, when I am starting ElasticSearch, the list of installed plugins is empty: [INFO][plugins] [Ant-Man] loaded [],sites [] I should also note that when I run the 'plugin' command line with the list option (i.e. "bin\plugin.bat -l"), it does list my plug-in. Any advice? thank you, Oranit. -- 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/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Itamar\_Syn\_Hershko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/itamar_syn_hershko/32/725_2.png) [@Itamar\_Syn\_Hershko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Itamar_Syn_Hershko)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-from-a-jar-file/22528/2 "2015-03-05T12:55:57Z")
Probably a bug in the plugin script which just looks at the folders under /plugins Did you put an es.properties file in your jar as a resource? -- Itamar Syn-Hershko [http://code972.com](http://code972.com) | @synhershko [https://twitter.com/synhershko](https://twitter.com/synhershko) Freelance Developer & Consultant [Lucene.NET](http://Lucene.NET) committer and PMC member On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Oranit Dror [oranit@gmail.com](mailto:oranit@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I have written a plugin, but I cannot make Elasticsearch 1.4.4 to use it. > Specifically, I packed the plugin as a jar file and placed the jar file > under my ELASTIC\_SEARCH\_DIR/plugins/ directory. However, > when I am starting Elasticsearch, the list of installed plugins is empty: > > [INFO][plugins] [Ant-Man] loaded ,sites > > I should also note that when I run the 'plugin' command line with the > list option (i.e. "bin\plugin.bat -l"), it does list my plug-in. > > Any advice? > > thank you, > Oranit. > > -- > 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/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%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/CAHTr4ZvxeOKZXjFrVf3%3Dfne-zW0F7iefRt%3D1SRTb%2BnhiXzsSeQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAHTr4ZvxeOKZXjFrVf3%3Dfne-zW0F7iefRt%3D1SRTb%2BnhiXzsSeQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Harmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce73a5/32.png) [@Austin\_Harmon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Austin_Harmon)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-from-a-jar-file/22528/3 "2015-03-05T15:37:58Z")
Hello, This link helped me get the mapper-attachment working: > The just of it is to put your commons-compress-vernum.jar and name-of-your-plugin-ver-num.jar into a folder with the name of your plugin under the plugins directory. Hope this helps! On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 6:54:11 AM UTC-6, Oranit Dror wrote: > Hi, > > I have written a plugin, but I cannot make Elasticsearch 1.4.4 to use it. > Specifically, I packed the plugin as a jar file and placed the jar file > under my ELASTIC\_SEARCH\_DIR/plugins/ directory. However, > when I am starting Elasticsearch, the list of installed plugins is empty: > > [INFO][plugins] [Ant-Man] loaded ,sites > > I should also note that when I run the 'plugin' command line with the > list option (i.e. "bin\plugin.bat -l"), it does list my plug-in. > > Any advice? > > thank you, > Oranit. -- 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/2b3668f3-016b-4702-b41c-8e32c7e57e43%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2b3668f3-016b-4702-b41c-8e32c7e57e43%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Oranit\_Dror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@Oranit\_Dror](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oranit_Dror)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-from-a-jar-file/22528/4 "2015-03-06T07:16:01Z")
Thank you, Itamar! It works. On Thursday, March 5, 2015 at 2:56:10 PM UTC+2, Itamar Syn-Hershko wrote: > Probably a bug in the plugin script which just looks at the folders under > /plugins > > Did you put an es.properties file in your jar as a resource? > > -- > > Itamar Syn-Hershko > [http://code972.com](http://code972.com) | @synhershko [https://twitter.com/synhershko](https://twitter.com/synhershko) > Freelance Developer & Consultant > [Lucene.NET](http://Lucene.NET) committer and PMC member > > On Thu, Mar 5, 2015 at 2:54 PM, Oranit Dror \<[ora...@gmail.com](mailto:ora...@gmail.com) > \\> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have written a plugin, but I cannot make Elasticsearch 1.4.4 to use it. > > Specifically, I packed the plugin as a jar file and placed the jar file > > under my ELASTIC\_SEARCH\_DIR/plugins/ directory. However, > > when I am starting Elasticsearch, the list of installed plugins is empty: > > > > [INFO][plugins] [Ant-Man] loaded ,sites > > > > I should also note that when I run the 'plugin' command line with the > > list option (i.e. "bin\plugin.bat -l"), it does list my plug-in. > > > > Any advice? > > > > thank you, > > Oranit. > > > > -- > > 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 [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/7ae1df87-e777-4b42-96b1-050ac0ec92a2%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/03414143-edf3-49f6-a147-6152b7913f6a%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/03414143-edf3-49f6-a147-6152b7913f6a%40googlegroups.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, 12:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin-from-a-jar-file/22528/5 "2017-07-06T00:28:11Z")