# Missing bin/kibana-plugin on 5.4.0 k8s cluster install

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 23, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875 "2017-05-23T22:30:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![misalarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@misalarie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/misalarie)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 10:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875/1 "2017-05-23T22:30:32Z")

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Hello!

I just installed Kibana and Elasticsearch 5.4.0 on a kubernetes cluster, and while I was able to install x-pack on the elasticsearch pods just fine, the kibana-plugin seems to be missing on the kibana pod. I'm guessing it's something I'm doing wrong, but since I'm very new to ELK, I don't have the foggiest what that would be. Any assistance would be most appreciated.

Cheers!  
Lisa

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**Author:** ![misalarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@misalarie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/misalarie)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 11:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875/2 "2017-05-23T23:19:22Z")

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Nevermind - I found it!

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**Author:** ![bhavyarm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bhavyarm/32/22392_2.png) [@bhavyarm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bhavyarm)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875/3 "2017-05-23T23:42:54Z")

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Hi,

Would you please write down how you found the answer here?

Thanks,  
Bhavya

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**Author:** ![misalarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@misalarie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/misalarie)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875/4 "2017-05-24T00:13:18Z")

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When logging in to the kibana pod in the kubernetes cluster, the entry point will show you an /bin directory, but it's the system level bin directory, not the one you want to install a plugin. To install a plugin (like x-pack), navigate to this directory instead: /usr/share/kibana and then run bin/kibana-plugin install x-pack. Also, it took about 20-30 min for my install to complete. Not sure if that normal...

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**Author:** ![misalarie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@misalarie](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/misalarie)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875/5 "2017-05-24T00:14:22Z")

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One more thing...to be clear, when I say "logging into the kibana pod", I mean executing a kubectl exec command, which is effectively ssh into the pod.

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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:** [June 21, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-bin-kibana-plugin-on-5-4-0-k8s-cluster-install/86875/6 "2017-06-21T00:14:46Z")

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