Failed to install kibana 7.17.2 on Amazon Linux 2

Elastic Stack Kibana
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I I downloaded kibana 7.17.2 as rpm package.

Unfortunately, when trying to run it, it fails with those errors:

~ $ sudo /usr/share/kibana/bin/kibana
/usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node: /lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.14' not found (required by /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node)
/usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node: /lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.18' not found (required by /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node)
/usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node: /lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `CXXABI_1.3.5' not found (required by /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node)
/usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node: /lib/libstdc++.so.6: version `GLIBCXX_3.4.15' not found (required by /usr/share/kibana/bin/../node/bin/node)

This is the system where it fails:

~ $ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
Distributor ID: Amazon
Description:    Amazon Linux release 2 (Karoo)
Release:        2
Codename:       Karoo
~ $ uname -a
Linux cal0661ca036 4.14.248-189.473.amzn2.x86_64 #1 SMP Mon Sep 27 05:52:26 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
~ $ cat /etc/os-release
	NAME="Amazon Linux"
	VERSION="2"
	ID="amzn"
	ID_LIKE="centos rhel fedora"
	VERSION_ID="2"
	PRETTY_NAME="Amazon Linux 2"
	ANSI_COLOR="0;33"
	CPE_NAME="cpe:2.3:o:amazon:amazon_linux:2"
	HOME_URL="https://amazonlinux.com/"

According to my research Amazon Linux 2 should be based on CentOS7 and that one should be still supported according to the product matrix: Unterstützungsmatrix | Elastic

So what to do?

Thanks,
Chris

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Hi @chrisbra ,

Could you confirm which glibc version you have currently installed? I believe you need 2.28+ to use the version of node shipped there.

Meanwhile I've created a Github issue to proper investigate and track this: Kibana 7.17.2 rpm install fails on Amazon Linux 2 · Issue #130813 · elastic/kibana · GitHub

Cheers

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Thanks, I'll check the referenced issue as well.

Here is the information regarding glibc which I can provide:

[root@cal0661ca036 prometheus]# ldd --version
ldd (GNU libc) 2.26
Copyright (C) 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Written by Roland McGrath and Ulrich Drepper.
[root@cal0661ca036 prometheus]# rpm -q glibc
glibc-2.26-54.amzn2.x86_64
glibc-2.26-54.amzn2.i686

Interestingly, I just spin up another AWS instance and cannot reproduce it there with same kernel and glibc version, but I do not really know what kind of an AMI image the customer has been using.

Thanks,
Chris