# Which version of the shield plugin is compatible for elastic search 2.3.1?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-version-of-the-shield-plugin-is-compatible-for-elastic-search-2-3-1/55605>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 15, 2016, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-version-of-the-shield-plugin-is-compatible-for-elastic-search-2-3-1/55605 "2016-07-15T09:11:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![sukesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sukesh/32/10890_2.png) [@sukesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukesh)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2016, 9:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-version-of-the-shield-plugin-is-compatible-for-elastic-search-2-3-1/55605/1 "2016-07-15T09:11:14Z")

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I got this exception while installing shield plugin in offline mode !

NOTE: Unable to verify checksum for downloaded plugin (unable to find .sha1 or .  
md5 file to verify)  
ERROR: Plugin [license] is incompatible with Elasticsearch [2.3.1]. Was designed  
for version [2.3.3]

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2016, 7:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-version-of-the-shield-plugin-is-compatible-for-elastic-search-2-3-1/55605/2 "2016-07-17T07:37:54Z")

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How did you download the plugins for offline install?

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**Author:** ![sukesh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sukesh/32/10890_2.png) [@sukesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sukesh)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-version-of-the-shield-plugin-is-compatible-for-elastic-search-2-3-1/55605/3 "2016-07-18T04:47:38Z")

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by using this following link

License: [https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/license/2.3.1/license-2.3.1.zip1](https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/license/2.3.1/license-2.3.1.zip1)  
Shield: [https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/shield/2.3.1/shield-2.3.1.zip](https://download.elastic.co/elasticsearch/release/org/elasticsearch/plugin/shield/2.3.1/shield-2.3.1.zip)

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/which-version-of-the-shield-plugin-is-compatible-for-elastic-search-2-3-1/55605/4 "2017-07-05T22:34:51Z")

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