--- mapped_pages: - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/plugin-management-custom-url.html applies_to: deployment: self: ga --- # Custom URL or file system [plugin-management-custom-url] A plugin can also be downloaded directly from a custom location by specifying the URL: ```shell sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install [url] <1> ``` 1. must be a valid URL, the plugin name is determined from its descriptor. Unix : To install a plugin from your local file system at `/path/to/plugin.zip`, you could run: ```shell sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install file:///path/to/plugin.zip ``` Windows : To install a plugin from your local file system at `C:\path\to\plugin.zip`, you could run: ```shell bin\elasticsearch-plugin install file:///C:/path/to/plugin.zip ``` ::::{note} Any path that contains spaces must be wrapped in quotes! :::: ::::{note} If you are installing a plugin from the filesystem the plugin distribution must not be contained in the `plugins` directory for the node that you are installing the plugin to or installation will fail. :::: HTTP : To install a plugin from an HTTP URL: ```shell sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://some.domain/path/to/plugin.zip ``` 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: ```shell sudo CLI_JAVA_OPTS="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/trustStore.jks" bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://host/plugin.zip ```