# Unable to install elasticsearch-mapper-attachments plugin

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 23, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829 "2015-10-23T08:45:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/1 "2015-10-23T08:45:16Z")

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Hi folks,

I'm unable to install elasticsearch-mapper-attachments plugin.

I run the following command:

```
bin/plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/3.0.1

```

Result is:

```
root@PORLIN16000:/usr/share/elasticsearch# bin/plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/3.0.1
-> Installing elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/3.0.1...
Trying https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.0.1.zip ...
Downloading ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................DONE
Verifying https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.0.1.zip checksums if available ...
Trying https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/3.0.1/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.0.1.zip ...
Trying https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/3.0.1/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.0.1.zip ...
Trying https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/archive/3.0.1.zip ...
Trying https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/archive/master.zip ...
NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .md5 file to verify)
ERROR: /tmp/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments9018927896515039098.zip

```

Of course HTTP\_PROXY and HTTPS\_PROXY are set.

Any idea?

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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:** [October 23, 2015, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/2 "2015-10-23T08:46:54Z")

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Are you using elasticsearch 2.0 older than rc1?

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 8:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/3 "2015-10-23T08:48:46Z")

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I use Elasticsearch 2.0.0 rc1

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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:** [October 23, 2015, 9:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/4 "2015-10-23T09:01:17Z")

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Strange.

I don't get the exact same error:

```
$ bin/plugin install elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/3.0.1
-> Installing elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/3.0.1...
Trying https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.0.1.zip ...
Downloading .........................................................[...].....DONE
Verifying https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.0.1.zip checksums if available ...
NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .md5 file to verify)
ERROR: Plugin [elasticsearch-mapper-attachments] is incompatible with Elasticsearch [2.0.0-rc1]. Was designed for version [2.0.0-beta2]

```

Which is what I would expect in your case.

Mapper plugin has not been released for rc1. We need to do it. Will try to make it happen soonish.

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2015, 10:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/5 "2015-10-23T10:00:10Z")

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Thank you

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2015, 4:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/6 "2015-11-25T16:51:33Z")

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I try to install elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1 with no success.

As there is no ready-to-use package to download I try to compile using gradle, as it is said in documentation. I have the following error message (note that I don't know gradle):

```
D:\Java\elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1>gradle clean assemble

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Task 'clean' not found in root project 'elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1'.

* Try:
Run gradle tasks to get a list of available tasks. Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output.

BUILD FAILED

Total time: 1.924 secs

D:\Java\elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1>

```

I also tried to compile with Maven:

```
D:\Java\elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1>mvn compile

```

I obtain the following error:

```
[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] D:\Java\elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1\src\main\java\org\elasticsearch\index\mapper\attachment\RegisterAttachmentType.java:[27,39] error: cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol: class IndexSettings
  location: package org.elasticsearch.index.settings
D:\Java\elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1\src\main\java\org\elasticsearch\index\mapper\attachment\RegisterAttachmentType.java:[35,48] error: cannot find symbol
[INFO] 2 errors
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[INFO] Total time: 12.218 s
[INFO] Finished at: 2015-11-25T17:44:40+01:00
[INFO] Final Memory: 16M/82M
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.3:compile (default-compile) on project elasticsearch-mapper-attachments: Compilation failure: Compilation failure:
[ERROR] D:\Java\elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1\src\main\java\org\elasticsearch\index\mapper\attachment\RegisterAttachmentType.java:[27,39] error: cannot find symbol
[ERROR] symbol: class IndexSettings
[ERROR] location: package org.elasticsearch.index.settings
[ERROR] D:\Java\elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1\src\main\java\org\elasticsearch\index\mapper\attachment\RegisterAttachmentType.java:[35,48] error: cannot find symbol
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException

```

Could you please help me?

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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:** [November 28, 2015, 2:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/7 "2015-11-28T14:29:02Z")

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The code has been updated and release of the plugin done as well. See [[ANN] Elasticsearch Mapper Attachment plugin 3.1.0 released](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/ann-elasticsearch-mapper-attachment-plugin-3-1-0-released/35760)

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2015, 9:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/8 "2015-11-30T09:17:48Z")

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Thank you so much!!

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/9 "2015-12-01T14:22:34Z")

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Another trouble:

I can't access Internet from my server to download the pluggin, so I have to install it manually. I downloaded elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1.zip but can't install it. The error message sounds like a file is missing in the archive.

```
root@SB-PPEKSM9-01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin# ./plugin install file:///opt/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1.zip
-> Installing from file:/opt/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1.zip...
Trying file:/opt/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1.zip ...
Downloading .....DONE
Verifying file:/opt/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-es-2.1.zip checksums if available ...
NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .md5 file to verify)
ERROR: Could not find plugin descriptor 'plugin-descriptor.properties' in plugin zip

```

Any idea?

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/10 "2015-12-01T14:26:34Z")

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I also tried elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.1.0.zip with same error

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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:** [December 1, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/11 "2015-12-01T14:37:20Z")

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3.1.0 should work. Are you sure you downloaded the right zip file?  
From which url?

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/12 "2015-12-01T15:08:45Z")

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[https://codeload.github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/zip/v3.1.0](https://codeload.github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/zip/v3.1.0)

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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:** [December 1, 2015, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/13 "2015-12-01T15:41:35Z")

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If you unzip it, you will find source code. Not a final artifact with compiled code.

Try this: [https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.1.0.zip](https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments/elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-3.1.0.zip)

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2015, 4:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/14 "2015-12-01T16:26:04Z")

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That worked thank you

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/15 "2015-12-02T09:08:02Z")

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I have an error when I use the pluggin:

```
POST /trying-out-mapper-attachments
{
  "mappings": {
  "person": {
  "properties": {
  "cv": { "type": "attachment" }
}}}}

```

causes following error message:

```
{
   "error": {
      "root_cause": [
         {
            "type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
            "reason": "No handler for type [attachment] declared on field [cv]"
         }
      ],
      "type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
      "reason": "Failed to parse mapping [person]: No handler for type [attachment] declared on field [cv]",
      "caused_by": {
         "type": "mapper_parsing_exception",
         "reason": "No handler for type [attachment] declared on field [cv]"
      }
   },
   "status": 400
}

```

The pluggin seems to be installed correctly:

```
root@SB-PPEKSM9-01:/usr/share/elasticsearch/bin# ./plugin list
Installed plugins in /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins:
    - mapper-attachments

```

Any idea?

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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:** [December 2, 2015, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/16 "2015-12-02T09:25:39Z")

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what gives `GET /_cat/plugins?v` ?

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/17 "2015-12-02T09:30:17Z")

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> [@dadoonet](#):
>
> GET /\_cat/plugins?v

nothing :-/

```
name component version type url 

```

It sounds the plugin is not norrectly installed but I don't know what goes wrong...

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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:** [December 2, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/18 "2015-12-02T09:31:00Z")

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So you did not restart

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**Author:** ![kruelah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@kruelah](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kruelah)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2015, 9:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/19 "2015-12-02T09:56:13Z")

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It works after restarting. Thank you

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**Author:** ![Sriram\_Narayanan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sriram\_Narayanan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sriram_Narayanan1)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2016, 1:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829/20 "2016-02-16T13:37:34Z")

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Hi Guys,

I am running elastic 2.2.0. Can you please provide the compatible plugin version for elasticsearch-mapper-attachments.

[Next page](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-install-elasticsearch-mapper-attachments-plugin/32829.md?page=2)