# Missing plugin-descriptor.properties **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 16, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122 "2018-02-16T08:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ryext](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@ryext](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryext)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 8:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/1 "2018-02-16T08:36:19Z")
hey, i am trying to install x-pack plugin. Here is my command: `./elasticsearch-plugin install file:///home/admin/Downloads/x-pack-6.2.1.zip` Once i execute i get the following error: ```auto Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.installing-1923361234913937038/plugin-descriptor.properties at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Unknown Source) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:123) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.verify(InstallPluginCommand.java:532) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.install(InstallPluginCommand.java:601) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:215) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:204) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) at org.elasticsearch.cli.MultiCommand.execute(MultiCommand.java:75) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginCli.main(PluginCli.java:48) ``` PS: the directory .installing-1923361234913937038 is random so on every execution i get a different directory thank you ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 8:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/2 "2018-02-16T08:44:08Z")
hey, which operating system is this? Which link did you download for the 6.2.1 zip file? Are you running with internet enabled/disabled when you install the plugin? --Alex ---
**Author:** ![ryext](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@ryext](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryext)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/3 "2018-02-16T08:46:36Z")
internet is disabled i have to simulate an offline installation. running it on Centos 7 i downloaded the Zip from the x-path install guideline [https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/packs/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.1.zip](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/packs/x-pack/x-pack-6.2.1.zip) and thank you for your fast reply. ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 8:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/4 "2018-02-16T08:59:59Z")
A see some weirdness going on with the above error message (the mentioned line numbers do not match with 6.2.1, as if another/older version of Elasticsearch is installed). Have you upgraded Elasticsearch as well? If so, which version were you on before? Can you run the following command? ```auto find /usr/share/elasticsearch/ -type f ``` and paste the output here? In case you upgraded Elasticsearch, which commands did you run? Thank you! ---
**Author:** ![ryext](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@ryext](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryext)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/5 "2018-02-16T09:06:39Z")
here is the result i got. does it mean i am on ES 6.1.3 ? ```auto /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-spatial3d-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/jopt-simple-5.0.2.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/securesm-1.2.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-spatial-extras-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-backward-codecs-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/t-digest-3.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-queries-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/jackson-dataformat-cbor-2.8.10.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-spatial-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-queryparser-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-grouping-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/snakeyaml-1.17.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-join-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/elasticsearch-cli-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-misc-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-sandbox-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/log4j-1.2-api-2.9.1.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-suggest-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/spatial4j-0.6.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/plugin-cli-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/log4j-core-2.9.1.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/jackson-dataformat-yaml-2.8.10.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/jackson-core-2.8.10.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/jackson-dataformat-smile-2.8.10.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/joda-time-2.9.5.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-core-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-highlighter-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/jts-1.13.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-memory-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/jna-4.4.0-1.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/log4j-api-2.9.1.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/lucene-analyzers-common-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/java-version-checker-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/HdrHistogram-2.1.9.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/lib/hppc-0.7.1.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.installing-962109684491818750/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/parent-join/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/parent-join/parent-join-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/lucene-expressions-7.1.0.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/asm-tree-5.0.4.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/plugin-security.policy /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/asm-commons-5.0.4.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/lang-expression-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/asm-5.0.4.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-expression/antlr4-runtime-4.5.1-1.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-mustache/lang-mustache-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-mustache/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-mustache/plugin-security.policy /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-mustache/compiler-0.9.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/ingest-common/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/ingest-common/jcodings-1.0.12.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/ingest-common/joni-2.1.6.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/ingest-common/ingest-common-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/tribe/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/tribe/tribe-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/aggs-matrix-stats/aggs-matrix-stats-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-painless/antlr4-runtime-4.5.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-painless/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-painless/plugin-security.policy /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-painless/lang-painless-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/lang-painless/asm-debug-all-5.1.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/mapper-extras/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/mapper-extras/mapper-extras-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/percolator/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/percolator/percolator-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/netty-codec-http-4.1.13.Final.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/netty-handler-4.1.13.Final.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/plugin-security.policy /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/netty-common-4.1.13.Final.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/netty-transport-4.1.13.Final.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/netty-codec-4.1.13.Final.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/transport-netty4-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/netty-buffer-4.1.13.Final.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/transport-netty4/netty-resolver-4.1.13.Final.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/analysis-common/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/analysis-common/analysis-common-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/commons-codec-1.10.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/httpasyncclient-4.1.2.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/plugin-security.policy /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/elasticsearch-rest-client-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/httpclient-4.5.2.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/httpcore-4.4.5.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/httpcore-nio-4.4.5.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/reindex/reindex-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/repository-url/plugin-descriptor.properties /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/repository-url/plugin-security.policy /usr/share/elasticsearch/modules/repository-url/repository-url-6.1.3.jar /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-env /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-keystore /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-translog /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin /usr/share/elasticsearch/NOTICE.txt /usr/share/elasticsearch/LICENSE.txt /usr/share/elasticsearch/README.textile ``` ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/6 "2018-02-16T09:14:14Z")
That looks good. Can you run ```auto /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin install file:///home/admin/Downloads/x-pack-6.2.1.zip ``` I just want to make sure, the path is the right one (sorry for debugging this kind of simple failures, but I just want to exclude a bunch of things and be sure the right code is called). What about the other upgrade questions? ---
**Author:** ![ryext](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@ryext](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryext)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/7 "2018-02-16T09:18:04Z")
```auto Exception in thread "main" java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins/.installing-5733003099348288587/plugin-descriptor.properties at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(Unknown Source) at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.newByteChannel(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(Unknown Source) at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Unknown Source) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:123) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.verify(InstallPluginCommand.java:532) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.install(InstallPluginCommand.java:601) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:215) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.InstallPluginCommand.execute(InstallPluginCommand.java:204) at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) at org.elasticsearch.cli.MultiCommand.execute(MultiCommand.java:75) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginCli.main(PluginCli.java:48) ``` i get the same message error. no upgrade was done it was a fresh install. ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/8 "2018-02-16T09:24:03Z")
Hey, so you are on 6.1.3 locally according to the find call, but try to install x-pack 6.2.1 here. What does `rpm -q elasticsearch` return? This is the version mismatch, that I was searching for. I didnt correctly read it for the first time. Can you try to install x-pack 6.1.3 together with elasticsearch 6.1.3 or x-pack 6.2.1 with Elasticsearch 6.2.1 RPM? --Alex ---
**Author:** ![ryext](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@ryext](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryext)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/9 "2018-02-16T09:27:56Z")
```auto elasticsearch-6.1.3-1.noarch ``` that is the return . so i need to install x-pack 6.1.3 ? ---
**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/10 "2018-02-16T09:28:30Z")
yes, each plugin needs to resemble the version of ES, x-pack is no exception. ---
**Author:** ![ryext](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a9a28c/32.png) [@ryext](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryext)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/11 "2018-02-16T09:30:12Z")
Thank you for your support. Keep up the awsome work. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2018, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/missing-plugin-descriptor-properties/120122/12 "2018-03-16T09:30:29Z")
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