﻿---
title: GCE Discovery plugin
description: The Google Compute Engine Discovery plugin uses the GCE API to identify the addresses of seed hosts. This plugin can be installed using the plugin manager:...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2910/reference/elasticsearch/plugins/discovery-gce
products:
  - Elasticsearch
---

# GCE Discovery plugin
The Google Compute Engine Discovery plugin uses the GCE API to identify the addresses of seed hosts.

## Installation

This plugin can be installed using the plugin manager:
```sh
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin install discovery-gce
```

The plugin must be installed on every node in the cluster, and each node must be restarted after installation.
You can download this plugin for [offline install](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/2910/reference/elasticsearch/plugins/plugin-management-custom-url) from [[https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-gce/discovery-gce-9.3.1.zip](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-gce/discovery-gce-9.3.1.zip)](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-gce/discovery-gce-9.3.1.zip). To verify the `.zip` file, use the [SHA hash](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-gce/discovery-gce-9.3.1.zip.sha512) or [ASC key](https://artifacts.elastic.co/downloads/elasticsearch-plugins/discovery-gce/discovery-gce-9.3.1.zip.asc).

## Removal

The plugin can be removed with the following command:
```sh
sudo bin/elasticsearch-plugin remove discovery-gce
```

The node must be stopped before removing the plugin.