# Installing plugin **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** kibana-plugin-development\ **Created:** [November 19, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999 "2020-11-19T14:16:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![omerf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@omerf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omerf)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/1 "2020-11-19T14:16:38Z")
I have a plugin generated with the dev version, and I want to install it to kibana 7.8.0. I ran the scripts and it installed fine. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/9/c/9cdaa436011392d48284c5967ba945fb0f707b59.png) This is the error when opening Kibana after the installation. I built the plugin with the generator, and when finished I "yarn build" and installed that zip. This is the server log: ```auto >kibana.bat log [14:11:54.809] [warning][plugins-discovery] Expect plugin "id" in camelCase, but found: triggers_actions_ui log [14:11:54.816] [warning][plugins-discovery] Expect plugin "id" in camelCase, but found: apm_oss log [14:12:18.863] [info][plugins-service] Plugin "endpoint" is disabled. log [14:12:18.868] [info][plugins-service] Plugin "ingestManager" is disabled. log [14:12:18.870] [info][plugins-service] Plugin "lists" is disabled. log [14:12:18.876] [info][plugins-service] Plugin "visTypeXy" is disabled. log [14:12:23.205] [warning][legacy-service] Some installed third party plugin(s) [xpack_main, monitoring, reporting, spaces, security, dashboard_mode, beats_management, maps, task_manager, encryptedSavedObjects, ingestManager, apm_oss, status_page, newsfeed, elasticsearch, ui_metric, console_legacy, timelion, tile_map, kibana, region_map] are using the legacy plugin format and will no longer work in a future Kibana release. Please refer to https://ela.st/kibana-breaking-changes-8-0 for a list of breaking changes and https://ela.st/kibana-platform-migration for documentation on how to migrate legacy plugins. log [14:12:23.324] [info][plugins-system] Setting up [95] plugins: [usageCollection,telemetryCollectionManager,telemetry,telemetryCollectionXpack,kibanaLegacy,devTools,taskManager,ossTelemetry,licensing,observability,eventLog,encryptedSavedObjects,code,uiActions,statusPage,share,mapsLegacy,mapsLegacyLicensing,newsfeed,charts,kibanaReact,kibanaUtils,inspector,embeddable,advancedUiActions,embeddableEnhanced,drilldowns,indexPatternManagement,esUiShared,discover,bfetch,expressions,data,home,apm_oss,console,consoleExtensions,cloud,management,upgradeAssistant,reporting,licenseManagement,indexManagement,remoteClusters,crossClusterReplication,indexLifecycleManagement,advancedSettings,telemetryManagementSection,watcher,searchprofiler,painlessLab,grokdebugger,visualizations,visTypeVega,visTypeVislib,visTypeTimelion,features,security,snapshotRestore,transform,ingestPipelines,canvas,visTypeTagcloud,visTypeMarkdown,visTypeTimeseries,rollup,visTypeMetric,visTypeTable,inputControlVis,savedObjects,navigation,lens,graph,visualize,dashboard,savedObjectsManagement,spaces,actions,case,alerting,alertingBuiltins,triggers_actions_ui,uptime,ml,apm,dashboardEnhanced,exportsearch,fileUpload,maps,siem,dataEnhanced,infra,monitoring,logstash,translations] log [14:12:23.349] [warning][config][encryptedSavedObjects][plugins] Generating a random key for xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey. To be able to decrypt encrypted saved objects attributes after restart, please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in kibana.yml log [14:12:23.929] [warning][config][plugins][security] Generating a random key for xpack.security.encryptionKey. To prevent sessions from being invalidated on restart, please set xpack.security.encryptionKey in kibana.yml log [14:12:23.930] [warning][config][plugins][security] Session cookies will be transmitted over insecure connections. This is not recommended. log [14:12:24.018] [warning][actions][actions][plugins] APIs are disabled due to the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin using an ephemeral encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in kibana.yml. log [14:12:24.037] [warning][alerting][alerting][plugins][plugins] APIs are disabled due to the Encrypted Saved Objects plugin using an ephemeral encryption key. Please set xpack.encryptedSavedObjects.encryptionKey in kibana.yml. log [14:12:24.186] [info][monitoring][monitoring][plugins] config sourced from: production cluster log [14:12:24.188] [warning][monitoring][monitoring][plugins] X-Pack Monitoring Cluster Alerts will not be available: undefined log [14:12:24.299] [info][crossClusterReplication][plugins] Your basic license does not support crossClusterReplication. Please upgrade your license. log [14:12:24.301] [info][plugins][watcher] Your basic license does not support watcher. Please upgrade your license. log [14:12:24.315] [info][kibana-monitoring][monitoring][monitoring][plugins] Starting monitoring stats collection log [14:12:24.542] [info][savedobjects-service] Waiting until all Elasticsearch nodes are compatible with Kibana before starting saved objects migrations... log [14:12:24.562] [info][savedobjects-service] Starting saved objects migrations log [14:12:24.643] [info][plugins-system] Starting [73] plugins: [usageCollection,telemetryCollectionManager,telemetry,telemetryCollectionXpack,kibanaLegacy,taskManager,ossTelemetry,licensing,observability,eventLog,encryptedSavedObjects,code,share,discover,bfetch,expressions,data,home,apm_oss,console,consoleExtensions,cloud,management,upgradeAssistant,reporting,licenseManagement,indexManagement,remoteClusters,crossClusterReplication,indexLifecycleManagement,advancedSettings,watcher,searchprofiler,painlessLab,grokdebugger,visualizations,visTypeVega,visTypeVislib,visTypeTimelion,features,security,snapshotRestore,transform,ingestPipelines,canvas,visTypeTagcloud,visTypeMarkdown,visTypeTimeseries,rollup,visTypeMetric,visTypeTable,inputControlVis,lens,graph,visualize,dashboard,savedObjectsManagement,spaces,actions,case,alerting,alertingBuiltins,uptime,ml,apm,exportsearch,fileUpload,siem,dataEnhanced,infra,monitoring,logstash,translations] log [14:12:37.705] [info][status][plugin:kibana@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:47.820] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to yellow - Waiting for Elasticsearch log [14:12:47.903] [info][status][plugin:elasticsearch@7.8.0] Status changed from yellow to green - Ready log [14:12:47.907] [info][status][plugin:xpack_main@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:47.927] [info][status][plugin:monitoring@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:47.933] [warning][plugins][reporting] Generating a random key for xpack.reporting.encryptionKey. To prevent sessions from being invalidated on restart, please set xpack.reporting.encryptionKey in kibana.yml log [14:12:47.936] [info][plugins][reporting] Chromium sandbox provides an additional layer of protection, and is supported for Win32 OS. Automatically enabling Chromium sandbox. log [14:12:48.941] [info][status][plugin:reporting@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:48.986] [info][status][plugin:spaces@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:48.989] [info][status][plugin:security@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:48.992] [info][status][plugin:dashboard_mode@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:48.996] [info][status][plugin:beats_management@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.053] [info][status][plugin:maps@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.076] [info][plugins][taskManager][taskManager] TaskManager is identified by the Kibana UUID: abd65e78-17fa-425f-a8d4-5cb15da52230 log [14:12:49.078] [info][status][plugin:task_manager@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.081] [info][status][plugin:encryptedSavedObjects@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.088] [info][status][plugin:apm_oss@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.093] [info][status][plugin:ui_metric@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.101] [info][status][plugin:console_legacy@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.107] [info][status][plugin:region_map@7.8.0] Status changed from uninitialized to green - Ready log [14:12:49.111] [info][listening] Server running at http://localhost:5601 log [14:12:49.512] [info][server][Kibana][http] http server running at http://localhost:5601 ``` ---
**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/2 "2020-11-19T18:35:38Z")
This error message is telling you that your custom plugin is not providing the right type of initialization code. You might be missing a `kibana.json` manifest, or maybe your plugin doesn't have a default export. ---
**Author:** ![omerf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@omerf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omerf)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/3 "2020-11-20T15:54:12Z")
Hi, I have the kibana.json: ```auto { "id": "exportsearch", "version": "1.0.0", "kibanaVersion": "7.8.0", "server": true, "ui": true, "requiredPlugins": [ "navigation", "data" ], "optionalPlugins": [] } ``` What do you mean by the default export? I've generated the plugin with the node plugin generator and the export using yarn build. ---
**Author:** ![wylie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/wylie/32/81794_2.png) [@wylie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wylie)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2020, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/4 "2020-11-20T16:36:19Z")
You have defined both a `server` and `ui`. Do you have a default function exported from your `index.js` file in `exportsearch/public/index.js` and `exportsearch/server/index.js` ---
**Author:** ![omerf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@omerf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omerf)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2020, 6:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/5 "2020-11-22T06:36:36Z")
Yes, I do. Still getting the same problem, even though the plugin worked fine in the development > **[exportsearch-7.8.0.zip](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1piSdQ6JEeVflM8KHHY3eiljpf5x0SYIm/view?usp=sharing)** > > Google Drive file. ---
**Author:** ![Mikhail\_Shustov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikhail_shustov/32/49186_2.png) [@Mikhail\_Shustov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikhail_Shustov)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/6 "2020-11-23T07:37:03Z")
Hi, Omer. I'm afraid you will have to update Kibana to v7.10 to able to use [plugin-helpers](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/packages/kbn-plugin-helpers/README.md) because optimizer is not shipped with Kibana anymore. Use it to build a distributable version of your plugin. ---
**Author:** ![omerf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@omerf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omerf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/7 "2020-11-23T07:39:25Z")
I built the plugin with the kibana Dev which is version 8.0.0 alpha I think, Why doesn't it support the previous Kibana versions? And what do you mean by the optimizer/ plugin helpers? Like the link attached, I built the plugin with the node generator script, and zipped with yarn build. ---
**Author:** ![omerf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7993a0/32.png) [@omerf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/omerf)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/8 "2020-11-23T16:23:36Z")
So I downloaded kibana dev 7.10, and created the plugin again, zipped and put in 7.8.0 but still get the error ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/2/d26c53853c419014971a7c4fa94aa3c4588c3ba4.png) ---
**Author:** ![Mikhail\_Shustov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mikhail_shustov/32/49186_2.png) [@Mikhail\_Shustov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mikhail_Shustov)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/9 "2020-11-24T10:36:45Z")
> [@omerf](#): > > So I downloaded kibana dev 7.10, and created the plugin again, zipped and put in 7.8.0 but still get the error Kibana plugin support has been added in v7.10 It's not compatible with the legacy plugin system used in v7.8 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-plugin/255999/10 "2020-12-22T10:36:56Z")
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