# Curator excution error on Elasticstack 6.2.4
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-excution-error-on-elasticstack-6-2-4/130008
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 30, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-excution-error-on-elasticstack-6-2-4/130008 "2018-04-30T10:13:37Z")
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### Author:  [@matsgth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matsgth)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2018, 10:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-excution-error-on-elasticstack-6-2-4/130008/1 "2018-04-30T10:13:38Z")
Hello I am learning Elasticstack, greate tools!
Are there any good way to use “curator” to delete old data
on Elasticstack 6.2.4.
- Whats happens
I Install Elasticstack 6.2.4 with apt-get on Debian 9, work well!
Then “apt-get install elasticsearch-curator“ and
try to delete old data.
> # curator --dry-run ~/.curator/action.yml
>
> # curator ~/.curator/action.yml
But I got error as followings, similar to #1089, #1186 at GitHub-elastic/curator.
- error
> # curator --dry-run ~/.curator/action.yml
>
> 2018-04-30 18:51:39,331 INFO Preparing Action ID: 1, "delete\_indices"
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/curator", line 11, in
> load\_entry\_point('elasticsearch-curator==4.2.5', 'console\_scripts', 'curator')()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 716, in **call**
> return self.main(\*args, \*\*kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 696, in main
> rv = self.invoke(ctx)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 889, in invoke
> return ctx.invoke(self.callback, \*\*ctx.params)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke
> return callback(\*args, \*\*kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/curator/cli.py", line 166, in cli
> client = get\_client(\*\*client\_args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/curator/utils.py", line 603, in get\_client
> 'Error: {0}'.format(e)
> elasticsearch.exceptions.ElasticsearchException: Unable to create client connection to Elasticsearch. Error: Elasticsearch version 6.2.4 incompatible with this version of Curator (6.2.4)
I read following article, etc.
- Wrong version number in incompatibility exception
- [Wrong version number in incompatibility exception · Issue #1089 · elastic/curator · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/curator/issues/1089)
- Error: Elasticsearch version 6.1.2 incompatible with this version of Curator (6.1.2)
- [Error: Elasticsearch version 6.1.2 incompatible with this version of Curator (6.1.2) · Issue #1186 · elastic/curator · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/curator/issues/1186)
Then, replace "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/curator/utils.py" to
“[https://github.com/elastic/curator/blob/master/curator/utils.py](https://github.com/elastic/curator/blob/master/curator/utils.py)",
but got similar error.
- error
> # curator --dry-run ~/.curator/action.yml
>
> 2018-04-30 18:54:12,705 INFO Preparing Action ID: 1, "delete\_indices"
> 2018-04-30 18:54:12,712 ERROR Elasticsearch version 6.2.4 incompatible with this version of Curator (4.2.5)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/usr/bin/curator", line 11, in
> load\_entry\_point('elasticsearch-curator==4.2.5', 'console\_scripts', 'curator')()
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 716, in **call**
> return self.main(\*args, \*\*kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 696, in main
> rv = self.invoke(ctx)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 889, in invoke
> return ctx.invoke(self.callback, \*\*ctx.params)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke
> return callback(\*args, \*\*kwargs)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/curator/cli.py", line 166, in cli
> client = get\_client(\*\*client\_args)
> File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/curator/utils.py", line 901, in get\_client
> 'Error: {0}'.format(e)
> elasticsearch.exceptions.ElasticsearchException: Unable to create client connection to Elasticsearch. Error: Elasticsearch version 6.2.4 incompatible with this version of Curator (4.2.5)
Though, I am not good at programming, I comment out in
“utils.py” like this, and “curator“ work OK for now.
/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/curator/utils.py
> ```
> 691 #if version_number >= settings.version_max() \
> 692 # or version_number < settings.version_min():
> 693 # logger.error(
> 694 # 'Elasticsearch version {0} incompatible '
> 695 # 'with this version of Curator '
> 696 # '({1})'.format(".".join(map(str,version_number)), __version__ )
> 697 # )
> 698 # raise CuratorException(
> 699 # 'Elasticsearch version {0} incompatible '
> 700 # 'with this version of Curator '
> 701 # '({1})'.format(".".join(map(str,version_number)), __version__ )
> 702 # )
>
> ```
Are there any good way to use “curator” to delete old data
on Elasticstack 6.2.4?, thank you.
PS.
This dose not happen on Elastic Stack 5.0.2.
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-excution-error-on-elasticstack-6-2-4/130008/2 "2018-04-30T12:23:08Z")
> [@matsgth](#):
>
> Then “apt-get install elasticsearch-curator“
This is surely the wrong version of curator without adding the [Debian 9 repository](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.5/apt-repository.html) for Curator.
In fact, I see in the logs:
```auto
load_entry_point('elasticsearch-curator==4.2.5'
```
You will see this if you run `curator --version`
The current release of Curator is 5.5.1.
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### Author:  [@matsgth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matsgth)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-excution-error-on-elasticstack-6-2-4/130008/3 "2018-05-01T02:34:28Z")
Thank you very match for reply.
> curator --version
> curator, version 4.2.5
Old version is used ... stuck a while, and read "Debian 9 repository"
> **[APT repository | Curator Reference \[5.5\] | Elastic](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.5/apt-repository.html)**
Now, Curator work OK, thank you!
> apt-get update
> apt-get remove --purge elasticsearch-curator -y
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/elastic-6.x.list \<- use this file only until now.
> deb [https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/apt](https://artifacts.elastic.co/packages/6.x/apt) stable main
>
> cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/curator.list \<- add this file !
> deb [arch=amd64] [https://packages.elastic.co/curator/5/debian9](https://packages.elastic.co/curator/5/debian9) stable main
>
> apt-get update
> apt-get install elasticsearch-curator -y
> curator --version
> curator, version 5.5.1
>
> curator --dry-run ~/.curator/action.yml
> 2018-05-01 11:29:50,565 INFO Preparing Action ID: 1, "delete\_indices"
> 2018-05-01 11:29:50,599 INFO Trying Action ID: 1, "delete\_indices": Delete indices older than 45 days (based on index name), for logstash- prefixed indices. Ignore the error if the filter does not result in an actionable list of indices (ignore\_empty\_list) and exit cleanly.
> 2018-05-01 11:29:51,810 INFO DRY-RUN MODE. No changes will be made.
> 2018-05-01 11:29:51,811 INFO (CLOSED) indices may be shown that may not be acted on by action "delete\_indices".
> 2018-05-01 11:29:51,814 INFO Action ID: 1, "delete\_indices" completed.
> 2018-05-01 11:29:51,815 INFO Job completed.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 29, 2018, 2:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-excution-error-on-elasticstack-6-2-4/130008/4 "2018-05-29T02:34:37Z")
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