# Plugin fails to install

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-fails-to-install/250012>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [September 25, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-fails-to-install/250012 "2020-09-25T18:26:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![tyrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@tyrone](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tyrone)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 6:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-fails-to-install/250012/1 "2020-09-25T18:26:35Z")

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I am unable to install the logstash-syslog-output plugin locally

I am running rhel7.8, logstash 7.8.1

I have downloaded logstash-output-syslog-master.zip from git and am running

[root@us3lpvinfelk004 bin]# ./logstash-plugin install ./logstash-output-syslog-master.zip

I get the following error  
ERROR: Something went wrong when installing ./logstash-output-syslog-master.zip, message: execution expired

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**Author:** ![Badger](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/badger/32/25190_2.png) [@Badger](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Badger)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-fails-to-install/250012/2 "2020-09-25T18:37:34Z")

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> [@tyrone](#):
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> logstash-output-syslog-master.zip

That's not how you install plugins. That sounds like you downloaded the source.

If your machine has access to the internet follow the documentation [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/7.9/working-with-plugins.html#installing-plugins).

If your machine does not have access to the internet then you need to prepare an offline plugin pack on a machine that _does_ have access, and copy it to your machine, then install it. The documentation is [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/7.9/offline-plugins.html).

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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:** [October 23, 2020, 6:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-fails-to-install/250012/3 "2020-10-23T18:37:37Z")

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