# Install curator, without root or internet access
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 11, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418 "2019-04-11T14:07:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@Parvatayya\_Malimath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Parvatayya_Malimath)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418/1 "2019-04-11T14:07:55Z")
Hi
I have no internet access or root/sudo access on a vm and i badly need to have the curator for managing the indices.
please help me with a tar ball (not the source code) or let me know a work around to keep the index only for certain number of days.
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418/2 "2019-04-11T14:21:41Z")
While it is possible to install via a tarball, you will still need all of the Python prerequisites to do so. This is not impossible, just tedious.
While [the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/client/curator/5.6/python-source.html) says "Installation from source," it's all installation from tarballs. There is no "one" tarball that will install Curator for you because of the dependencies.
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### Author:  [@Parvatayya\_Malimath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Parvatayya_Malimath)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418/3 "2019-04-11T15:26:25Z")
Thank you. I understand its tedious. I will use curator to delete the index, prior to N days.
Is there a easier way. I can write a small python script to do that with this though.
[http://localhost:9200/\_cat/indices/log\*?pretty&h=i&s=i](http://localhost:9200/_cat/indices/log*?pretty&h=i&s=i)
let me know if you are aware of a work around.
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### Author:  [@Parvatayya\_Malimath](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Parvatayya_Malimath)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 12:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418/4 "2019-04-12T12:24:34Z")
I was able to sort it. this is what i did. if it helps anybody at all
1. I copied this rpm there [https://packages.elastic.co/curator/5/centos/6/Packages/elasticsearch-curator-5.6.0-1.x86\_64.rpm](https://packages.elastic.co/curator/5/centos/6/Packages/elasticsearch-curator-5.6.0-1.x86_64.rpm) (from my windows machine where i have internet)
2. on my Linux host I did mkdir ~/.local
3. winscp the rpm to my linux vm in ~/.local
4. cd ~/.local
5. execute rpm2cpio elasticsearch-curator-5.6.0-1.x86\_64.rpm | cpio -ivd
6. I was then able to run ~/.local/opt/elasticsearch-curator/curator
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### Author:  [@theuntergeek](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/theuntergeek)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418/5 "2019-04-12T13:46:27Z")
A clever workaround!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/install-curator-without-root-or-internet-access/176418/6 "2019-05-10T13:46:34Z")
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