# Unable to add MongoDB River Plugin for ElasticSearch **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 3, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-mongodb-river-plugin-for-elasticsearch/159149 "2018-12-03T11:08:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![charan\_teja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charan_teja/32/51820_2.png) [@charan\_teja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/charan_teja)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-mongodb-river-plugin-for-elasticsearch/159149/1 "2018-12-03T11:08:05Z")
I have downloaded the plugin from GitHub. Plz, help me out. Thanks! [org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.StartupException: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load plugin descriptor for plugin directory [elasticsearch-river-mongodb-2.0.6] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:140) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.execute(Elasticsearch.java:127) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.EnvironmentAwareCommand.execute(EnvironmentAwareCommand.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.mainWithoutErrorHandling(Command.java:124) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.cli.Command.main(Command.java:90) ~[elasticsearch-cli-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:93) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.main(Elasticsearch.java:86) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not load plugin descriptor for plugin directory [elasticsearch-river-mongodb-2.0.6] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.readPluginBundle(PluginsService.java:394) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.findBundles(PluginsService.java:379) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.getPluginBundles(PluginsService.java:372) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:144) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:338) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:265) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at ... 6 more Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: G:\elasticsearch-6.5.0\plugins\elasticsearch-river-mongodb-2.0.6\plugin-descriptor.properties Caused by: java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: G:\elasticsearch-6.5.0\plugins\elasticsearch-river-mongodb-2.0.6\plugin-descriptor.properties at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:361) ~[?:1.8.0\_121] at java.nio.file.Files.newByteChannel(Files.java:407) ~[?:1.8.0\_121] at java.nio.file.spi.FileSystemProvider.newInputStream(FileSystemProvider.java:384) ~[?:1.8.0\_121] at java.nio.file.Files.newInputStream(Files.java:152) ~[?:1.8.0\_121] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginInfo.readFromProperties(PluginInfo.java:162) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.readPluginBundle(PluginsService.java:391) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.findBundles(PluginsService.java:379) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.getPluginBundles(PluginsService.java:372) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.plugins.PluginsService.(PluginsService.java:144) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:338) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.node.Node.(Node.java:265) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap$5.(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.setup(Bootstrap.java:212) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:333) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] at org.elasticsearch.bootstrap.Elasticsearch.init(Elasticsearch.java:136) ~[elasticsearch-6.5.0.jar:6.5.0] ---
**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:** [December 3, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-mongodb-river-plugin-for-elasticsearch/159149/2 "2018-12-03T11:26:41Z")
Rivers do not exist anymore. Use an ETL like logstash for example or insert in elasticsearch from your application ---
**Author:** ![charan\_teja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/charan_teja/32/51820_2.png) [@charan\_teja](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/charan_teja)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-mongodb-river-plugin-for-elasticsearch/159149/3 "2018-12-03T11:28:41Z")
Thanks For your Fast Reply. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2018, 11:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-add-mongodb-river-plugin-for-elasticsearch/159149/4 "2018-12-31T11:28:45Z")
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