# Missing mandatory plugin cloud-aws error message on ES-5.4.3

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-mandatory-plugin-cloud-aws-error-message-on-es-5-4-3/91658>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 3, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-mandatory-plugin-cloud-aws-error-message-on-es-5-4-3/91658 "2017-07-03T15:01:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@James\_Turner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Turner)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 3:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-mandatory-plugin-cloud-aws-error-message-on-es-5-4-3/91658/1 "2017-07-03T15:01:13Z")

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Trying to install ES5.4.3 on ubuntu in AWS  
I get the following error in the log  
org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException: Missing mandatory plugins [cloud-aws]  
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:161) ~[elasticsearch-5.4.3.jar:5.4.3]

Which is odd, because I read the following page [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/cloud-aws.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/cloud-aws.html) saying cloud-aws plugin was split into two separate plugins that I have installed. Output form elasticsearch-plugins list is:  
discovery-ec2  
repository-s3

Any help gratefully received

Thanks  
James

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-mandatory-plugin-cloud-aws-error-message-on-es-5-4-3/91658/2 "2017-07-03T18:30:47Z")

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Probably you defined it in `elasticsearch.yml` as a mandatory plugin?

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**Author:** ![James\_Turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/48db29/32.png) [@James\_Turner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/James_Turner)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-mandatory-plugin-cloud-aws-error-message-on-es-5-4-3/91658/3 "2017-07-03T18:33:39Z")

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Arghhhh silly me - foolish schoolboy error. Many thanks 🙂

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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 31, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-mandatory-plugin-cloud-aws-error-message-on-es-5-4-3/91658/4 "2017-07-31T18:34:01Z")

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