# Logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield still available?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security
**Created:** [July 13, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400 "2015-07-13T00:07:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@bluethundr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluethundr)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/1 "2015-07-13T00:07:08Z")
I just tried installing the logstash-output-elasticsearch-shiled plugin, with no results:
```
#plugin install logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield --verbose
-> Installing logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield...
Trying https://github.com/null/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield/archive/master.zip...
Failed: IOException[Can't get https://github.com/null/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield/archive/master.zip to /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield.zip]; nested: FileNotFoundException[https://github.com/null/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield/archive/master.zip]; nested: FileNotFoundException[https://github.com/null/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield/archive/master.zip];
Failed to install logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield, reason: failed to download out of all possible locations..., use --verbose to get detailed information
```
I also tried searching github for the plugin, with no luck. Is this plugin still available?
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 12:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/2 "2015-07-13T00:29:33Z")
I don't think there ever was one?
Are you just sending to ES+Shield? If so use the standard ES output and set authentication there.
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### Author:  [@bluethundr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluethundr)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 12:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/3 "2015-07-13T00:38:21Z")
> [@warkolm](#):
>
> I don't think there ever was one?Are you just sending to ES+Shield? If so use the standard ES output and set authentication there.
I found that output in this documentation:
[Logstash Output ES Shield](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/shield/current/logstash.html#ls-transport)
So maybe the docs need to be updated. ๐
But yeah, I tried using the standard output. And I'm having some issues there. I write about that problem in another post.
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### Author:  [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/4 "2015-07-13T00:45:13Z")
Right, well I can be wrong at times ๐
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### Author:  [@bluethundr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluethundr)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/5 "2015-07-13T00:47:43Z")
> [@warkolm](#):
>
> Right, well I can be wrong at times
LOL ๐
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### Author:  [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2015, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/6 "2015-07-13T10:54:21Z")
I believe the documentation is correct. I didn't have any issues installing this logstash output in a fresh instance of logstash:
```
$ cd logstash-1.5.2
$ bin/plugin install logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield
Validating logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield
Installing logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield
Installation successful
```
What version of logstash did you run the install command from?
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### Author:  [@bluethundr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluethundr)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2015, 1:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/7 "2015-07-15T01:54:42Z")
Hey Jaymode,
> [@jaymode](#):
>
> install logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield
Cool! Thanks for pointing that out. Seems there are two 'plugin' binaries, and I was using the wrong one!
```
[root@logs:~] #find / -name plugin -type f
/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/plugin
/opt/logstash/bin/plugin
```
So I tried using the logstash plugin binary instead of the elasticsearch one, and it worked like a charm!
```
[root@logs:~] #/opt/logstash/bin/plugin install logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield
Validating logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield
Installing logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield
Installation successful
```
I thank you for the advice! Well know that I have logstash working with ES+Shield, I may be content to stick with what I have. But I may use this at some point, as the documentation points out that its more efficient than HTTP mode.
Anyway, thanks again! And I definitely appreciate the tremendous helpfulness of this active community!
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### Author:  [@jaymode](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jaymode)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2015, 11:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/8 "2015-07-15T11:09:09Z")
That's great! I'm glad you were able to get it going.
We're aware of the plugin executable name clash and we're looking at folding the functionality into the elasticsearch command [https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/11797](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/11797)
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### Author:  [@bluethundr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bluethundr)
#### Post date: [July 15, 2015, 5:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/9 "2015-07-15T17:49:54Z")
> [@jaymode](#):
>
> That's great! I'm glad you were able to get it going.
>
> We're aware of the plugin executable name clash and we're looking at folding the functionality into the elasticsearch command [Fold `plugin` script into `elasticsearch` script with -plugin option ยท Issue #11797 ยท elastic/elasticsearch ยท GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/11797)
Hey man! Yeah I'm glad I got that sorted out too. And it makes sense to me to fold the functionality of both plugin commands into one. I was actually about to suggest it. Too confusing to have two commands with the same name service different purposes.
Thanks!
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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/logstash-output-elasticsearch-shield-still-available/25400/10 "2017-07-06T13:48:50Z")