Other command line parameters

The plugin scripts supports a number of other command line parameters:

The --verbose parameter outputs more debug information, while the --silent parameter turns off all output including the progress bar. The script may return the following exit codes:

Certain plugins require more privileges than those provided by default in core Elasticsearch. These plugins will list the required privileges and ask the user for confirmation before continuing with installation.

When running the plugin install script from another program (e.g. install automation scripts), the plugin script should detect that it is not being called from the console and skip the confirmation response, automatically granting all requested permissions. If console detection fails, then batch mode can be forced by specifying -b or --batch as follows:

sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install --batch [pluginname]

If your elasticsearch.yml config file is in a custom location, you will need to specify the path to the config file when using the plugin script. You can do this as follows:

sudo CONF_DIR=/path/to/conf/dir bin/elasticsearch-plugin install <plugin name>

To install a plugin via a proxy, you can add the proxy details to the ES_JAVA_OPTS environment variable with the Java settings http.proxyHost and http.proxyPort (or https.proxyHost and https.proxyPort):

sudo ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=host_name -Dhttp.proxyPort=port_number -Dhttps.proxyHost=host_name -Dhttps.proxyPort=https_port_number" bin/elasticsearch-plugin install analysis-icu

Or on Windows:

set ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Dhttp.proxyHost=host_name -Dhttp.proxyPort=port_number -Dhttps.proxyHost=host_name -Dhttps.proxyPort=https_port_number"
bin\elasticsearch-plugin install analysis-icu