Problem

The documentation for installing and configuring a remote Elasticsearch instance contains a very misleading first step:

1. Download the Buckler plugin on the remote machine:

   Elasticsearch 2.3.5

   Buckler 0.2.12 for ES 2.3.5

2. Install the plugin onto your remote Elasticsearch instance using the plugin helper in the Elasticsearch /bin directory:

   cd /path/to/elasticsearch/bin
   ./plugin install -b <link from table above>
   

The first step, "Download the Buckler plugin" is incorrect and unnecessary. Elasticsearch's plugin installer accepts a url, and will handle downloading the plugin on its own. Users should therefore not download the plugin, despite what the first instruction says.

Solution

Change Step 1 to "Copy the Buckler plugin URL to your clipboard", or else remove Step 1 altogether.