# Where do I get the checksum for elasticsearch download? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 8, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-i-get-the-checksum-for-elasticsearch-download/57438 "2016-08-08T03:57:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![red888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@red888](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/red888)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-i-get-the-checksum-for-elasticsearch-download/57438/1 "2016-08-08T03:57:48Z")
I'm running the elasticsearch cookbook and I'm seeing this: `> No checksum was provided for https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/distribution/rpm/elasticsearch/2.3.5/elasticsearch-2.3.5.rpm, this may download a new package on every chef run!` Its downloading the package each time. So looks like I have to specify `download_checksum "Big-Long-Checksum"` in my recipe. Where do I find the checksum? I don't see it on the download page? I'm using the latest 2.3.5, where do I go to find the checksum? ---
**Author:** ![red888](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecae2f/32.png) [@red888](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/red888)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2016, 6:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-i-get-the-checksum-for-elasticsearch-download/57438/2 "2016-10-11T18:25:47Z")
So I'm still confused about this. Is this a linux package manager thing or do I get the hash from elasticsearch? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 10:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-do-i-get-the-checksum-for-elasticsearch-download/57438/3 "2017-07-05T22:13:18Z")