# I can't install bulk plugin
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 7, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127 "2016-06-07T21:17:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@jonas.lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jonas.lima)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/1 "2016-06-07T21:17:00Z")
I'm trying to install bulk but get this error.
_plugin install -v bulk_
_-\> Installing bulk..._
_Trying [https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/bulk/2.3.1/bulk-2.3.1.zip](https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/bulk/2.3.1/bulk-2.3.1.zip) ..._
_Failed: SocketTimeoutException[connect timed out]_
_ERROR: failed to download out of all possible locations..., use --verbose to get detailed information_
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/2 "2016-06-07T21:18:38Z")
What is the bulk plugin?
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### Author:  [@jonas.lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jonas.lima)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/3 "2016-06-07T21:19:48Z")
is a plugin needed to use in log4j2 lib
> **[jprante/log4j2-elasticsearch-http](https://github.com/jprante/log4j2-elasticsearch-http)**
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> log4j2-elasticsearch-http - Log4j2 Elasticsearch appender using the Java JDK HTTP client
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/4 "2016-06-07T21:21:05Z")
`_bulk` is an API endpoint that exists in ES by default.
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### Author:  [@jonas.lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jonas.lima)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/5 "2016-06-07T21:22:17Z")
😟
why i can access [http://localhost:9200/\_bulk](http://localhost:9200/_bulk)
{"error":{"root\_cause":[{"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"No feature for name [\_bulk]"}],"type":"illegal\_argument\_exception","reason":"No feature for name [\_bulk]"},"status":400}
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/6 "2016-06-07T21:23:46Z")
You can't just call `_bulk` like that, see [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.3/docs-bulk.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.3/docs-bulk.html)
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### Author:  [@jonas.lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jonas.lima)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/7 "2016-06-07T21:25:47Z")
thanks.. i will open another question about log4j2. thks
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### Author:  [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)
#### Post date: [June 8, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/8 "2016-06-08T19:09:13Z")
Dear @jonas.lima if you have questions about my plugin, you can also open an issue at github [https://github.com/jprante/log4j2-elasticsearch-http/issues](https://github.com/jprante/log4j2-elasticsearch-http/issues)
There is no "bulk plugin" required, the error you get is expected, because `_bulk` endpoint of Elasticsearch does not accept `HTTP GET` method. The message `No feature for...` is misleading.
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### Author:  [@jonas.lima](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jonas.lima)
#### Post date: [June 9, 2016, 2:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/9 "2016-06-09T02:19:41Z")
Now log4j appender have sent messages. Tnks by your library. you could be put in maven repository?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/i-cant-install-bulk-plugin/52127/10 "2017-07-05T22:45:10Z")