# Kibana Shield Plugin Install Error: Plugin installation was unsuccessful due to error "unknown export types injectDefaultVars in plugin shield"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-plugin-install-error-plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-injectdefaultvars-in-plugin-shield/63619>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 21, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-plugin-install-error-plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-injectdefaultvars-in-plugin-shield/63619 "2016-10-21T14:03:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![melong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@melong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/melong)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-plugin-install-error-plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-injectdefaultvars-in-plugin-shield/63619/1 "2016-10-21T14:03:02Z")

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Elasticsearch Version: 2.4.1  
Kibana Version: 4.4.2  
Shield Version: 2.4.1

I've read the following article: [Shield 2.2.0 plugin for Kibana fails install due to error "unknown export types chromeNavControls in plugin shield"](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/shield-2-2-0-plugin-for-kibana-fails-install-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-chromenavcontrols-in-plugin-shield/41432)

And from what I've gathered, the Shield plugin needs to match the ES version. This is what I ran:  
/opt/kibana/bin/kibana plugin --install kibana/shield/2.4.1

Is there a debug file I can read or maybe it's a different version I need?

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**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-plugin-install-error-plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-injectdefaultvars-in-plugin-shield/63619/2 "2016-10-21T17:22:30Z")

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If you want to run ES and Shield version 2.4, you'll need to update Kibana to 4.6: [https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#show\_compatibility](https://www.elastic.co/support/matrix#show_compatibility)

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**Author:** ![medart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@medart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/medart)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2016, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-plugin-install-error-plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-injectdefaultvars-in-plugin-shield/63619/3 "2016-10-27T17:53:24Z")

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Thank you, it's work 🙂

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**Author:** ![melong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@melong](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/melong)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2016, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-plugin-install-error-plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-injectdefaultvars-in-plugin-shield/63619/4 "2016-11-08T14:54:45Z")

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Thank you. I was not aware of the compatibility matrix. That worked perfectly!

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**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, 1:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-shield-plugin-install-error-plugin-installation-was-unsuccessful-due-to-error-unknown-export-types-injectdefaultvars-in-plugin-shield/63619/5 "2017-07-06T13:34:19Z")

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