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Docs: Add note about updating plugins requiring removal and reinstallation #23597

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16 changes: 14 additions & 2 deletions docs/plugins/plugin-script.asciidoc
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Expand Up @@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ to a local Java truststore and pass the location to the script as follows:
sudo ES_JAVA_OPTS="-Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/path/to/trustStore.jks" bin/elasticsearch-plugin install https://....
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[[listing-removing]]
=== Listing and Removing Installed Plugins
[[listing-removing-updating]]
=== Listing, Removing and Updating Installed Plugins

[float]
=== Listing plugins
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After a Java plugin has been removed, you will need to restart the node to complete the removal process.

[float]
=== Updating plugins

Plugins are built for a specific version of Elasticsearch, and therefore must be reinstalled
each time Elasticsearch is updated.

[source,shell]
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sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove [pluginname]
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install [pluginname]
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=== Other command line parameters

The `plugin` scripts supports a number of other command line parameters:
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