# How to install a plugin?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin/9269>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 8, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin/9269 "2012-10-08T08:22:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![zhengbing\_li](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a6a055/32.png) [@zhengbing\_li](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zhengbing_li)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin/9269/1 "2012-10-08T08:22:29Z")

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Elasticsearch Version:0.19.9/0.19.20

I want to install plugin mobz-elasticsearch-head-ca2cccd.zip

Download it from [https://github.com/Aconex/elasticsearch-head](https://github.com/Aconex/elasticsearch-head) and put it into the local machine

Install it by the command ./plugin -url [http://10.71.99.8:18080/mobz-elasticsearch-head-ca2cccd.zip](http://10.71.99.8:18080/mobz-elasticsearch-head-ca2cccd.zip) -install elasticsearch-head

I find the directory has existed and the path is plugins/elasticsearch-head. But when I want access by url [http://localhost:9200/](http://localhost:9200/) or [http://localhost:9200/\_plugin/elasticsearch-head/](http://localhost:9200/_plugin/elasticsearch-head/), I cannot get the right result

Can someone be so kind to help me solve this problem?

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**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, 3:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-install-a-plugin/9269/2 "2017-07-06T03:09:47Z")

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