ROR plugin for ES 8.x - Patch error

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#1

Hi,

I installed Elasticsearch 8.1.1 but not with the RPM of the editor. I used the tar.gz file.

When I want to path the ROR plugin, I get the following error :
jdk/bin/java -jar plugins/readonlyrest/ror-tools.jar patch
Exception in thread “main” java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException: /usr/share/elasticsearch/plugins /readonlyrest

But my Elasticsearch is not installed in the /usr/share folder.

Regards
H.

#2

Hi @hassen

The es-path can be changed.

> java -jar ror-tools.jar --help
ROR tools 1.0.0
Usage: java -jar ror-tools.jar [patch|unpatch|verify] [options]

Command: patch [options]
patch is a command that modifies ES installation for ROR purposes
  --es-path <value>        Path to elasticsearch directory; default=/usr/share/elasticsearch

Command: unpatch [options]
unpatch is a command that reverts modifications done by patching
  --es-path <value>        Path to elasticsearch directory; default=/usr/share/elasticsearch

Command: verify [options]
verify is a command that verifies if ES installation is patched
  --es-path <value>        Path to elasticsearch directory; default=/usr/share/elasticsearch

  -h, --help               prints this usage text

I think that everything should be obvious to you at the moment.
In case of any other problem with the patching, let us know about it.

#3

–es-path not working on Windows? Any advice? Thanks

I am getting below error even when running --help only.
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: requirement failed: \usr\share\elasticsearch is not an absolute path

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#4

TBH we didn’t test it on windows. Could you please show us the error you get?

#5

Good point. We should test on windows, and add some copy paste examples in the docs as well!