# Logstash local plugin Install Issues
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-local-plugin-install-issues/44006
**Category:** Logstash
**Created:** [March 10, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-local-plugin-install-issues/44006 "2016-03-10T10:22:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Kryten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kryten)
#### Post date: [March 10, 2016, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-local-plugin-install-issues/44006/1 "2016-03-10T10:22:23Z")
I would really appreciate some input regarding how to install locally manufactured plugins. There seems to be a bit of a black hole in this area where Logstash (testing with 2.2) is telling me that the plugin installed okay, but:
- Does not show up with "plugin list".
- Referencing the plugin in a Logstash conf file results in a Couldn't find any filter plugin named 'mypluginname' error.
The procedure I have used is this:
I made a local file structure as described here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/\_how\_to\_write\_a\_logstash\_filter\_plugin.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/_how_to_write_a_logstash_filter_plugin.html)
Looks like this (in a folder on my C:\ called "git" - but not linked to any repository, its just the folder name for testing)
logstash-filter-mypluginname
├── Gemfile
├── LICENSE
├── [README.md](http://README.md)
├── Rakefile
├── lib
│ └── logstash
│ └── filters
│ └── mypluginname.rb
├── logstash-filter-mypluginname.gemspec
└── spec
└── filters
└── mypluginname\_spec.rb
The Gemfile contains a single line:
gem "logstash-filter-mypluginname", path =\> "C:/git/logstash-filter-mypluginname"
The gemspec file file contains:
```
Gem::Specification.new do |s|
s.name = 'logstash-filter-mypluginname'
s.version = '0.1.0'
s.licenses = ['Apache License (2.0)']
s.summary = "This is the description of the plugin."
s.description = "This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program"
s.authors = ["Anon"]
s.email = 'info@elastic.co'
s.homepage = "http://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/index.html"
s.require_paths = ["lib"]
# Files
s.files = Dir['lib/logstash/filters/*.rb'] + Dir['spec/*']
# Tests
s.test_files = s.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
# Special flag to let us know this is actually a logstash plugin
#s.metadata = { "logstash_plugin" => "true", "logstash_group" => "filter" }
# Gem dependencies
s.add_runtime_dependency 'logstash-core', '>= 1.4.0', '< 2.0.0'
s.add_development_dependency 'logstash-devutils'
end
```
With all that in place I was able to make a new .gem which was installable using the --no-verify parameter.
This returned a success message.
However:
The plugin does not show in a plugin list and it looks as though Logstash cannot find it when it appears in a .conf file as mentioned at the beginning.
I see in the Logstash directory it has created a new entry under local gems where my structure and the .rb file are definitely there.
Can someone **please** shed some light on this? Its an absolute game changer if we cannot reliably install local plugins.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@Kryten](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kryten)
#### Post date: [May 28, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-local-plugin-install-issues/44006/2 "2016-05-28T06:12:46Z")
Bump
Would the offer of a small bounty help he me an answer?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 4:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-local-plugin-install-issues/44006/3 "2017-07-06T04:55:47Z")