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28 changes: 24 additions & 4 deletions docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -64,20 +64,40 @@ sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install [url] <1>
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<1> must be a valid URL, the plugin name is determined from its descriptor.

For instance, to install a plugin from your local file system, you could run:

Unix::
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To install a plugin from your local file system at `/path/to/plugin.zip`, you could run:
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[source,shell]
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sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install file:///path/to/plugin.zip
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Windows::
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To install a plugin from your local file system at `C:\path\to\plugin.zip`, you could run:
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[source,shell]
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bin\elasticsearch-plugin install file:///C:/path/to/plugin.zip
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NOTE: Any path that contains spaces must be wrapped in quotes!

HTTP::
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[source,shell]
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sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install http://some.domain/path/to/plugin.zip
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The plugin script will refuse to talk to an HTTPS URL with an untrusted
certificate. To use a self-signed HTTPS cert, you will need to add the CA cert
to a local Java truststore and pass the location to the script as follows:

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[source,shell]
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sudo ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/trustStore.jks" bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://....
sudo ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/trustStore.jks" bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://host/plugin.zip
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