# Curator install problem with /.curator folder
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-install-problem-with-curator-folder/138908
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [July 6, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-install-problem-with-curator-folder/138908 "2018-07-06T12:15:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@fconcha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fconcha)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-install-problem-with-curator-folder/138908/1 "2018-07-06T12:15:18Z")
Hello, I have a couple of problems, I could not install curator in centos 7 with YUM, I had to use PIP, but I think it's already working.
The problem is that I can not find the folder /.curator/curator.yml in the hidden files
my question is do I have to create the folder and the file inside myself?
// curator --help
[root@localhost fconcha]# curator --help
Usage: curator [OPTIONS] ACTION\_FILE
Curator for Elasticsearch indices.
See [http://elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current](http://elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current)
Options:
--config PATH Path to configuration file. Default: ~/.curator/curator.yml
--dry-run Do not perform any changes.
--version Show the version and exit.
--help Show this message and exit.
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-install-problem-with-curator-folder/138908/2 "2018-07-06T13:46:00Z")
I highly recommend _not_ using `pip` on CentOS 7 unless you're using `pip3` with a version of `python3`, as the default python version on CentOS 7 is 2.7.5, which has known issues with SSL, and some of the regular expression modules. 2.7.5 is over 3 years old, and Python 2.7 is less than 2 years away from EOL.
Curator works with Python 2.7, and is tested by Travis CI with Python 2.7, but only with the most recent patch levels, which is certainly 2.7.13 or newer. Curator is _probably_ safe with anything newer than 2.7.9.
The RPM package that is provided (and there are direct downloads in addition to the YUM repositories linked [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/yum-repository.html)) contains a bundled version of Python 3.6 _just for Curator,_ so it's very much up to date. This installation method is preferred for RHEL/CentOS due to these factors.
With that consideration now fully disclosed, yes. You need to create `~/.curator/curator.yml` if you plan on using that feature. It should be the `$HOME` path of whichever user will be using cron.
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### Author:  [@fconcha](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fconcha)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-install-problem-with-curator-folder/138908/3 "2018-07-08T19:40:56Z")
Thank you very much Aaron for your answer, it helps me a lot !!!
Regards,
Felipe
> [@theuntergeek](#):
>
> I highly recommend _not_ using `pip` on CentOS 7 unless you're using `pip3` with a version of `python3` , as the default python version on CentOS 7 is 2.7.5, which has known issues with SSL, and some of the regular expression modules. 2.7.5 is over 3 years old, and Python 2.7 is less than 2 years away from EOL.
>
> Curator works with Python 2.7, and is tested by Travis CI with Python 2.7, but only with the most recent patch levels, which is certainly 2.7.13 or newer. Curator is _probably_ safe with anything newer than 2.7.9.
>
> The RPM package that is provided (and there are direct downloads in addition to the YUM repositories linked [here](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/current/yum-repository.html)) contains a bundled version of Python 3.6 _just for Curator,_ so it's very much up to date. This installation method is preferred for RHEL/CentOS due to these factors.
>
> With that consideration now fully disclosed, yes. You need to create `~/.curator/curator.yml` if you plan on using that feature. It should be the `$HOME` path of whichever user will be using cron.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 5, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/curator-install-problem-with-curator-folder/138908/4 "2018-08-05T19:40:57Z")
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