{es} plugins are modular bits of code that add functionality to {es}. Plugins are written in Java and implement Java interfaces that are defined in the source code. Plugins are composed of JAR files and metadata files, compressed in a single zip file.
There are two ways to create a plugin:
- [creating-stable-plugins]
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Text analysis plugins can be developed against the stable plugin API to provide {es} with custom Lucene analyzers, token filters, character filters, and tokenizers.
- [creating-classic-plugins]
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Other plugins can be developed against the classic plugin API to provide custom authentication, authorization, or scoring mechanisms, and more.
development/creating-stable-plugins.asciidoc development/example-text-analysis-plugin.asciidoc :!plugin-type:
development/creating-classic-plugins.asciidoc :!plugin-type: