# Installation head plugin on elastic 2.X **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 8, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-head-plugin-on-elastic-2-x/36605 "2015-12-08T06:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Navneet\_Mathpal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/navneet_mathpal/32/3677_2.png) [@Navneet\_Mathpal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Navneet_Mathpal)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 6:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-head-plugin-on-elastic-2-x/36605/1 "2015-12-08T06:57:34Z")
Hi , I was using previous version of elastic (1.7) , there we could install the head plugin from local directory using : > bin/plugin --install head --url file:///Full/Path/To/elasticsearch-head-master.zip But when I tried the same in elastic 2.1 it was not working ... and then I tried to manually copied the content under plugin =\> head =\> \_site . Then also es stopped working. any suggestion how we can install the plugin from the local directory .. Thanks, Navneet ---
**Author:** ![jochen\_st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jochen\_st](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jochen_st)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-head-plugin-on-elastic-2-x/36605/2 "2015-12-08T07:13:07Z")
You may want to try > [@Navneet\_Mathpal](#): > > bin/plugin install file:///Full/Path/To/elasticsearch-head-master.zip You also should be aware that not all functionality of the head plugin is already ported to Elasticsearch 2.x ---
**Author:** ![Navneet\_Mathpal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/navneet_mathpal/32/3677_2.png) [@Navneet\_Mathpal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Navneet_Mathpal)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-head-plugin-on-elastic-2-x/36605/3 "2015-12-08T07:21:53Z")
> [@jochen\_st](#): > > plugin install file:///Full/Path/To/elasticsearch-head-master.zip I is showing the below error : > D:\es\_tools\elasticsearch-2.1.0\bin\>plugin install file:///D:/plugin/elasticsearch-head-master.zip > -\> Installing from file:/D:/plugin/elasticsearch-head-master.zip... > Trying file:/D:/plugin/elasticsearch-head-master.zip ... > Downloading .........DONE > Verifying file:/D:/plugin/elasticsearch-head-master.zip checksums if available ... > NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .md5 file to verify) > ERROR: Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin zip > [@jochen\_st](#): > > You also should be aware that not all functionality of the head plugin is already ported to Elasticsearch 2.x If all the functionality is not been ported to head-plugin , is there alternative available ? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![jochen\_st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@jochen\_st](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jochen_st)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-head-plugin-on-elastic-2-x/36605/4 "2015-12-08T07:34:32Z")
> [@Navneet\_Mathpal](#): > > ERROR: Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin zip This probably means you have old version of head plugin. > [@Navneet\_Mathpal](#): > > If all the functionality is not been ported to head-plugin , is there alternative available ? As far as I know there is work going on. Latest update seems to be [Fix ES2.0 breaking errors by philipskokoh · Pull Request #218 · mobz/elasticsearch-head · GitHub](https://github.com/mobz/elasticsearch-head/pull/218) ---
**Author:** ![Navneet\_Mathpal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/navneet_mathpal/32/3677_2.png) [@Navneet\_Mathpal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Navneet_Mathpal)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2015, 7:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-head-plugin-on-elastic-2-x/36605/5 "2015-12-08T07:41:18Z")
Thank you.. error was because of older version of head.. ---
**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, 11:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installation-head-plugin-on-elastic-2-x/36605/6 "2017-07-05T23:32:47Z")