# JDBC river plugin not able to install in Windows **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 9, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-river-plugin-not-able-to-install-in-windows/52285 "2016-06-09T06:45:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anil\_Kumar2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Anil\_Kumar2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anil_Kumar2)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-river-plugin-not-able-to-install-in-windows/52285/1 "2016-06-09T06:45:13Z")
Hi All, I have installed elasticsearch-2.3.3 version, and trying to install Jdbc river plugin but its giving an errors like below. Alos i tried diffrent way like donloaded the jdbc river plugin and pasted in Elsasticsearch/plugins/jdbc folder ...this way also not working.. C:\ELK\elasticsearch-2.3.3\elasticsearch-2.3.3\bin\>plugin install jdbc-river -\> Installing jdbc-river... Trying [https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/jdbc-river/2.3.3/jdbc-river-2.3.3.zip](https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/jdbc-river/2.3.3/jdbc-river-2.3.3.zip) ... ERROR: failed to download out of all possible locations..., use --verbose to get detailed information C:\ELK\elasticsearch-2.3.3\elasticsearch-2.3.3\bin\>plugin install [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc) -\> Installing from [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc)... Trying [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc) ... Downloading .................................................................................................... ....................DONE Verifying [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc) 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 Please help me. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-river-plugin-not-able-to-install-in-windows/52285/2 "2016-06-09T06:48:13Z")
Rivers are not compatible with ES 2.X. ---
**Author:** ![Anil\_Kumar2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Anil\_Kumar2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anil_Kumar2)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-river-plugin-not-able-to-install-in-windows/52285/3 "2016-06-09T06:52:37Z")
Thanks for your reply.. So how can we connect database through Elasticsearch or logstash? Is there any other way to connect database through ES or Logstash? please help me ---
**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-river-plugin-not-able-to-install-in-windows/52285/4 "2016-06-09T06:53:01Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-jdbc.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-jdbc.html) is one way. ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2016, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-river-plugin-not-able-to-install-in-windows/52285/5 "2016-06-09T07:34:46Z")
My JDBC importer is not a river, and not a plugin. It's easy: up to ES 1.6, there was a JDBC river. This is history. From ES 1.6 up, there is JDBC importer. It is running in a separate JVM. Please consult the issues at [https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc/](https://github.com/jprante/elasticsearch-jdbc/) for help from Windows experts in the community. I don't know Windows, but this might work [http://r2d2.cc/2015/08/05/elastic-search-on-windows-with-mysql-sql-server-2014-and-import-feeder/](http://r2d2.cc/2015/08/05/elastic-search-on-windows-with-mysql-sql-server-2014-and-import-feeder/) ---
**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, 10:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/jdbc-river-plugin-not-able-to-install-in-windows/52285/6 "2017-07-05T22:45:07Z")