# Installing watcher plugin fails on elasticsearch 6.7
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 26, 2019, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386 "2019-07-26T08:30:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@mkain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkain)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2019, 8:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/1 "2019-07-26T08:30:43Z")
Hi,
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I have elasticsearch ver 6.7. I want to install watcher plugin. My ELK can reach internet only via proxy. So to install plugin I am doing following as elasticsearch user
ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=my_proxy_ip -Dhttp.proxyPort=80 -Dhttps.proxyHost=my_proxy_ip -Dhttps.proxyPort=80"
then
/opt/elk/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin install watcher
A tool for managing installed elasticsearch plugins
Commands
--------
list - Lists installed elasticsearch plugins
install - Install a plugin
remove - removes a plugin from Elasticsearch
Non-option arguments:
command
Option Description
------ -----------
-h, --help show help
-s, --silent show minimal output
-v, --verbose show verbose output
ERROR: Unknown plugin watcher
```
I am not sure why it is failing. Can someone please guide ?
Regards,
-Manish
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### Author:  [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2019, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/2 "2019-07-27T14:18:48Z")
> [@mkain](#):
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> ERROR: Unknown plugin watcher
Watcher isn’t a plugin in 6.7. Instead, you want to download the default distribution that bundles X-Pack, which includes Watcher.
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### Author:  [@mkain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkain)
#### Post date: [July 29, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/3 "2019-07-29T03:40:48Z")
Hi @jasontedor,
Thanks for responding.
> > you want to download the default distribution that bundles X-Pack, which includes Watcher.
Do you mean to say, shall I install rpm or deb package instead of tar ?
My setup is already working, now is there a way to get "watcher" plugin ?
Regards,
-Manish
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### Author:  [@mkain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkain)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2019, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/4 "2019-07-30T05:01:11Z")
I just now checked it in x-pack. It says "watcher" is unavailable
curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/\_xpack](http://localhost:9200/_xpack)'
```
"watcher":{
"description":"Alerting, Notification and Automation for the Elastic Stack",
"available":false,
"enabled":true
}
```
How can I get it on tar installed elasticsearch ?
Regards,
-Manish
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### Author:  [@jasontedor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jasontedor)
#### Post date: [July 31, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/5 "2019-07-31T15:50:16Z")
Watcher is a licensed feature, you need a trial license to try it out, or a subscription after your trial license expires.
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### Author:  [@mkain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkain)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 5:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/6 "2019-08-01T05:44:19Z")
Thanks @jasontedor, I have filled the contact form at [https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions](https://www.elastic.co/subscriptions)
I hope someone will contact me soon.
Regards,
-Manish
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 1, 2019, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/7 "2019-08-01T06:53:46Z")
FYI you can activate a trial yourself from the Kibana UI in the license management menu.
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### Author:  [@mkain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mkain)
#### Post date: [August 6, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/8 "2019-08-06T01:44:52Z")
Thanks @dadoonet, I have now activated trial license. exploring watcher to trigger REST call to SNOW.
Regards,
-Manish
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 3, 2019, 1:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/installing-watcher-plugin-fails-on-elasticsearch-6-7/192386/9 "2019-09-03T01:44:56Z")
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