# Issue with Watcher
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting
**Created:** [May 21, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122 "2015-05-21T17:03:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@chandana\_Reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chandana_Reddy)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/1 "2015-05-21T17:03:46Z")
Hello Team,
i have followed the startup guide to install watcher plugin using the following command.
bin/plugin -i elasticsearch/watcher/ (used the beta key as given in mail)
Plugin got installed successfully,but after starting the elasticsearch i see below error:
could you please help me in resolving the issue
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### Author:  [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/2 "2015-05-21T17:15:59Z")
Run bin/plugin -i from ES\_HOME to install the License plugin:
```auto
bin/plugin -i elasticsearch/license/latest
```
Follow the getting started guide for installation instructions: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/getting-started.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/getting-started.html)
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### Author:  [@chandana\_Reddy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/chandana_Reddy)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/3 "2015-05-21T17:29:06Z")
Now i see below error
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### Author:  [@GaelTadh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GaelTadh)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2015, 6:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/4 "2015-05-21T18:12:03Z")
Hi Chandana,
Watcher requires a minimum elasticsearch version of 1.5.0. It looks like you are running an earlier version. You should upgrade elasticsearch if you can. If you need to run watcher against an earlier version you can install it on a separate cluster and use the http input to search the older versioned cluster. See [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/anatomy-input.html#anatomy-input-http](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/watcher/current/anatomy-input.html#anatomy-input-http)
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### Author:  [@Priyanku\_konar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priyanku_konar)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 9:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/5 "2015-05-27T09:38:52Z")
hi my beta installation of watcher is asking for license plugin --\>what am I missing here
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### Author:  [@mvg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mvg)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 9:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/6 "2015-05-27T09:59:24Z")
The error message indicates that the license plugin is missing.
You can install the license plugin by executing the following command:
bin/plugin -i elasticsearch/license/latest
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### Author:  [@Priyanku\_konar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priyanku_konar)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2015, 10:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/7 "2015-05-27T10:01:38Z")
thanks got it !
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### Author:  [@vaniaravinda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vaniaravinda)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2015, 6:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/8 "2015-09-28T06:21:06Z")
Hi,
Can someone let me know how to install Watcher in my system. I downloaded the zip files into my system
Thanks,
Vani Aravinda
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/issue-with-watcher/1122/9 "2017-07-06T13:48:27Z")