# Plugin installation issue, probably related to YAML
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 15, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404 "2023-12-15T00:32:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@jediD83](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jediD83)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 12:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404/1 "2023-12-15T00:32:22Z")
Good day. The installation of the Elasticsearch's plugin for Zammad should be straightforward. After `apt install elasticsearch` using [Set up Elasticsearch](https://docs.zammad.org/en/latest/install/elasticsearch.html#configure-zammad-with-elasticsearch) guide, its just
`sudo /usr/share/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch-plugin install ingest-attachment`
And yet, I got this long error instead.
```auto
Exception in thread "main" SettingsException[Failed to load settings from [elasticsearch.yml]]; nested: MarkedYAMLException[while scanning a simple key
in 'reader', line 118, column 1:
$ zammad run rails r "Setting.se ...
^
could not find expected ':'
in 'reader', line 120, column 1:
# Build the search index
^
at [Source: (sun.nio.ch.ChannelInputStream); line: 115, column: 42]]; nested: ScannerException[while scanning a simple key
in 'reader', line 118, column 1:
$ zammad run rails r "Setting.se ...
^
could not find expected ':'
in 'reader', line 120, column 1:
# Build the search index
^
];
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1189)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromPath(Settings.java:1160)
at org.elasticsearch.node.InternalSettingsPreparer.prepareEnvironment(InternalSettingsPreparer.java:75)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:91)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.createEnv(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:82)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:77)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.MultiCommand.execute(MultiCommand.java:95)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:112)
at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:77)
at org.elasticsearch.plugins.cli.PluginCli.main(PluginCli.java:36)
Caused by: com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.snakeyaml.error.MarkedYAMLException: while scanning a simple key
in 'reader', line 118, column 1:
$ zammad run rails r "Setting.se ...
^
could not find expected ':'
in 'reader', line 120, column 1:
# Build the search index
^
at [Source: (sun.nio.ch.ChannelInputStream); line: 115, column: 42]
at com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.snakeyaml.error.MarkedYAMLException.from(MarkedYAMLException.java:28)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLParser.nextToken(YAMLParser.java:422)
at org.elasticsearch.xcontent.json.JsonXContentParser.nextToken(JsonXContentParser.java:73)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.fromXContent(Settings.java:706)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.fromXContent(Settings.java:675)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings.access$400(Settings.java:75)
at org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings$Builder.loadFromStream(Settings.java:1185)
... 10 more
Caused by: while scanning a simple key
in 'reader', line 118, column 1:
$ zammad run rails r "Setting.se ...
^
could not find expected ':'
in 'reader', line 120, column 1:
# Build the search index
^
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.stalePossibleSimpleKeys(ScannerImpl.java:527)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.needMoreTokens(ScannerImpl.java:332)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.scanner.ScannerImpl.checkToken(ScannerImpl.java:262)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl$ParseBlockMappingKey.produce(ParserImpl.java:662)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.peekEvent(ParserImpl.java:185)
at org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserImpl.getEvent(ParserImpl.java:195)
at com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.yaml.YAMLParser.nextToken(YAMLParser.java:418)
... 15 more
```
I read that since version 8.2.0, [errors with YAML parser](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/update-to-8-2-2-showing-error-in-keystore-init/307076/5) become an issue. However, there is no error number/label for me to check, and I had yet to find the solution related to my case.
Was I suppose to bring this issue to the GitHub's Elasticsearch, here, or Zammad? Was there a node-YAML apt I'm suppose to install?
Thank in advance for anyone who help.
---
### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 8:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404/2 "2023-12-15T08:33:28Z")
Welcome!
What is your elastic version? Asking because in the recent versions, the ingest attachment plugin is a module (available with the distribution) and not a plugin anymore (which needs to be installed).
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### Author:  [@jediD83](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jediD83)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 1:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404/3 "2023-12-15T13:18:25Z")
I believe it is this one by using this command `curl -XGET 'http://localhost:9200' `
```auto
"version" : {
"number" : "7.17.15",
"build_flavor" : "default",
"build_type" : "deb",
"build_hash" : "0b8ecfb4378335f4689c4223d1f1115f16bef3ba",
"build_date" : "2023-11-10T22:03:46.987399016Z",
"build_snapshot" : false,
"lucene_version" : "8.11.1",
"minimum_wire_compatibility_version" : "6.8.0",
"minimum_index_compatibility_version" : "6.0.0-beta1"
},
```
---
### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404/4 "2023-12-15T14:29:34Z")
What is your `elasticsearch.yml` file?
And what is Zammad?
---
### Author:  [@jediD83](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jediD83)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404/5 "2023-12-15T22:38:05Z")
Zammad is simply a web based open source helpdesk system.
I got the plugin resolved by rereading the [Zammad's setup Elasticsearch](https://docs.zammad.org/en/latest/install/elasticsearch.html#step-2-suggested-configuration). Look like my 2 mistakes were
1. Since its version 7 and not 8, I was using HTTPS instead of HTTP.
2. There were added texts that should not be in the yml file, because they are commands. Its the long error code I had initially posted `$ zammad...`, etc. (I should had realized earlier with the $.)
Thank for trying to help out dadoonet. The problem is solved.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2024, 10:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/plugin-installation-issue-probably-related-to-yaml/349404/6 "2024-01-12T22:38:10Z")
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