# \[Just Pushed\]: plugins are here, and the attachments plugin is the first one **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 29, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-plugins-are-here-and-the-attachments-plugin-is-the-first-one/2876 "2010-03-29T10:08:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-plugins-are-here-and-the-attachments-plugin-is-the-first-one/2876/1 "2010-03-29T10:08:23Z")
elasticsearch just got plugins support, with the first plugin already implemented. The attachments plugin adds a mapper type of attachment, which allows to parse different formats and index them (html, pdf, docs, ...). The issue and the explanation is here: [http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/92](http://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/issue/92). Why is the attachments support delivered as a plugin? The main reason is that I want to keep the elasticsearch installation as small as possible, with mainly core features. The attachments plugins weights at 13mb... . Also, I hope that more plugins will start to be developed (elasticsearch is highly modular and pluggable) though the internal SPI is still going through changes. Since I do consider the attachments plugin semi core, it is within the elasticsearch/elasticsearch repo. Other plugins might be developers as completely separate project to (hopefully) encourage participation. My head bursts from all the ideas for plugins that I have. Would love to also hear what you think? For example, two of my main plugins I wish to develop is the cloud plugin (better integration with different cloud providers), and different "nosql" plugins (automatically index couchdb, cassandra, voldermont, ...) -shay.banon ---
**Author:** ![Sergio\_Bossa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sergio_bossa/32/3312_2.png) [@Sergio\_Bossa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sergio_Bossa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-plugins-are-here-and-the-attachments-plugin-is-the-first-one/2876/2 "2010-03-29T10:27:12Z")
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Shay Banon [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com) wrote: > elasticsearch just got plugins support, with the first plugin already > implemented. Congratulations, very cool! Are there any (java)docs about plugin APIs? How will such an API be delivered? Will it be part of the main elasticsearch distribution, or rather a separate jar? > My head bursts from all the ideas for plugins that I have. Would love to > also hear what you think? For example, two of my main plugins I wish to > develop is the cloud plugin (better integration with different cloud > providers), and different "nosql" plugins (automatically index couchdb, > cassandra, voldermont, ...) Regarding nosql related plugins, there are imho two kind of integrations: 1. The one you mentioned, for automatically indexing nosql documents. 2. Using a nosql store as an elasticsearch gateway for long term persistence. WDYT? -- Sergio Bossa [http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiob](http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiob) ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2010, 10:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-plugins-are-here-and-the-attachments-plugin-is-the-first-one/2876/3 "2010-03-29T10:42:18Z")
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Sergio Bossa [sergio.bossa@gmail.com](mailto:sergio.bossa@gmail.com)wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Shay Banon > [shay.banon@elasticsearch.com](mailto:shay.banon@elasticsearch.com) wrote: > > > elasticsearch just got plugins support, with the first plugin already > > implemented. > > Congratulations, very cool! Thanks! > Are there any (java)docs about plugin APIs? Very minor :). A plugin basically revolves around injecting your code. The creations of the code is done using Guice (you support Module(s)), and lifecycle services. In elasticsearch, there is a NodeServers-\>_(Index Services)-\>_(Index Shard Services). For example, the discovery is a node service, the analysis is an index module, and an actual lucene index store is an Index Shard Service. With the plugin you can plug into any of this levels. > How will such an API be delivered? Will it be part of the main > elasticsearch distribution, or rather a separate jar? The idea is that its a simple zip file containing all the jar files if your plugin. You place it under the plugins directory and I automatically add it to the classpath. When using elasticsearch embedded in in your java code, you can use the same manner (control the plugin directory location) or simply add the plugin jar files into the classpath, both will work. > > My head bursts from all the ideas for plugins that I have. Would love to > > also hear what you think? For example, two of my main plugins I wish to > > develop is the cloud plugin (better integration with different cloud > > providers), and different "nosql" plugins (automatically index couchdb, > > cassandra, voldermont, ...) > > Regarding nosql related plugins, there are imho two kind of integrations: > > 1. The one you mentioned, for automatically indexing nosql documents. > 2. Using a nosql store as an elasticsearch gateway for long term > persistence. Agreed!, storing gateway can be done on top of cassandra for example, HDFS, or S3, CloudFiles and so on. > WDYT? > > -- > Sergio Bossa > [http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiob](http://www.linkedin.com/in/sergiob) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/just-pushed-plugins-are-here-and-the-attachments-plugin-is-the-first-one/2876/4 "2017-07-06T04:25:01Z")