# Kibana source installation error **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 28, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986 "2017-04-28T09:08:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sravya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sravya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravya)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 9:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/1 "2017-04-28T09:08:45Z")
# git clone [https://github.com/root/kibana.git](https://github.com/root/kibana.git) kibana Initialized empty Git repository in /opt/kibana/.git/ error: Couldn't resolve host '[github.com](http://github.com)' while accessing [https://github.com/root/kibana.git/info/refs](https://github.com/root/kibana.git/info/refs) fatal: HTTP request failed -\> when i searched for this error, i got 2 solutions, 1 was to check git file permissions which didnot help me out and another one was to update my git version(current version 1.7.1) - i have tried "git clone [https://github.com/git/git](https://github.com/git/git)" but even this didnot work out also yum,wget arent working in our box what else can i try to resolve this issue? ---
**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/2 "2017-04-28T19:48:58Z")
Where did these instructions come from? [https://github.com/root](https://github.com/root) is not the Elastic organization, that's just some random user on Github. Download the products from here: [https://www.elastic.co/products](https://www.elastic.co/products) ---
**Author:** ![sravya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sravya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravya)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/3 "2017-05-02T11:43:35Z")
we are looking into installing Kibana through source , can you please provide any other or detailed links on it? ---
**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/4 "2017-05-02T23:01:38Z")
Sure, you can just do: ```auto git clone https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git kibana cd kibana ``` You'll need to have your own distribution of NodeJS and you'll need to install all the NodeJS packages. The full instructions are here: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#setting-up-your-development-environment](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#setting-up-your-development-environment) What is your reason for wanting to install Kibana through source? There are way more steps in that path versus downloading the distribution. Based on your initial comment, you seem to have some DNS problems (is the machine firewalled?), as well as issues grasping the basics of GitHub. ---
**Author:** ![sravya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sravya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravya)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 12:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/5 "2017-05-16T12:32:37Z")
hi! i was able to go ahead with the steps: 1. Install git from yum 2. I installed Node.Js from [https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/](https://nodejs.org/download/release/latest/) 3.git clone [https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git](https://github.com/elastic/kibana.git) kibana 3. Installed NVM from curl -o- [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.33.2/install.sh) | bash 4. nvm install "$(cat .node-version)" 5. npm install 6. npm run elasticsearch and then i got npm errors npm run elasticsearch npm ERR! Linux 3.10.0-327.el7.x86\_64 npm ERR! argv "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v7.10.0/bin/node" "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v7.10.0/bin/npm" "run" "elasticsearch" npm ERR! node v7.10.0 npm ERR! npm v4.2.0 npm ERR! path /root/package.json npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR! errno -2 npm ERR! syscall open npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/root/package.json' npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/root/package.json' npm ERR! enoent This is most likely not a problem with npm itself npm ERR! enoent and is related to npm not being able to find a file. npm ERR! enoent npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request: npm ERR! /root/.npm/\_logs/2017-05-08T15\_10\_31\_611Z-debug.log here is log file details: tail -f /root/kibana/KIBANA/npm-debug.log 23 error If you do, this is most likely a problem with the kibana package, 23 error not with npm itself. 23 error Tell the author that this fails on your system: 23 error grunt esvm:dev:keepalive 23 error You can get information on how to open an issue for this project with: 23 error npm bugs kibana 23 error Or if that isn't available, you can get their info via: 23 error npm owner ls kibana 23 error There is likely additional logging output above. 24 verbose exit [1, true] could not get what to do ---
**Author:** ![FareehaNaaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@FareehaNaaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FareehaNaaz)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 12:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/6 "2017-05-16T12:41:30Z")
hi! i was looking for the same and i get the same errors after going through all the dependecies and i havent found any solution for this, i have come up with 3 suggestion after searching nearly 20 different links, **1) deleting esvm dir 2) degarding node version and 3) running "npm install grunt -keep alive --save-dev**, but neither of these helped me! ---
**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/7 "2017-05-16T16:41:08Z")
> [@sravya](#): > > npm run elasticsearch > npm ERR! Linux 3.10.0-327.el7.x86\_64 > npm ERR! argv "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v7.10.0/bin/node" "/root/.nvm/versions/node/v7.10.0/bin/npm" "run" "elasticsearch" > npm ERR! node v7.10.0 > npm ERR! npm v4.2.0 > npm ERR! path /root/package.json > npm ERR! code ENOENT Based on the command you used to clone, I presume the location to the package.json file is `/root/kibana`, and that's where you want to run `npm run elasticsearch` - the location that you clone it from. > [@sravya](#): > > tail -f /root/kibana/KIBANA/npm-debug.log Why are you not cloning the repo in a user home directory? The dev environment is meant for a user to develop with, not to run as a production environment or in a container. If you need to make customizations to Kibana before running it in production, you should: 1. File an enhancement issue to see if the thing you need can be added into the core source code, but first search the current issues to see if there is something already open for it. 2. If you can't wait for the enhancement to go into core, or if you just need to build Kibana with your own NPM mirror, you should fork the repo in Github and clone your own fork - Develop on this fork in an actual development environment, not a container - Create a build in this environment. The documentation has instructions on how to do this. - Deploy the build to your production environment. - Use an actual build of (one that matches the version of Kibana) to run in your production environment. In the production environment, you won't want to use `npm run elasticsearch`, which uses a development module called ESVM. ---
**Author:** ![sravya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sravya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravya)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/8 "2017-06-03T08:54:09Z")
Hi! iwas trying to create kibana rpm package "npm run build -- --rpm", and ran into this issue. Fatal error: Path must be a string. Received true npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build: grunt build "--rpm" npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/farya/.npm/\_logs/2017-05-31T10\_36\_12\_445Z-debug.log i did try upgarding my babel-core@6.10.4 but that agin didnt help me out. $ npm run build -- --rpm kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build /home/farya/kibana grunt build "--rpm" Running "build" task Running "clean:build" (clean) task 1 path cleaned. Running "clean:target" (clean) task 0 paths cleaned. Running "\_build:downloadNodeBuilds" task Downloading darwin-x86\_64 and corresponding sha Downloading linux-x86\_64 and corresponding sha Downloading windows-x86\_64 and corresponding sha darwin-x86\_64 downloaded and verified linux-x86\_64 downloaded and verified windows-x86\_64 downloaded and verified Running "\_build:extractNodeBuilds" task Running "copy:devSource" (copy) task Created 483 directories, copied 2032 files Running "clean:devSourceForTestbed" (clean) task 1 path cleaned. Running "babel:build" (babel) task Running "\_build:babelOptions" task Running "\_build:plugins" task Running "\_build:data" task Running "i18nextract:default\_options" (i18nextract) task Create file: build/i18n\_extract/en.json Statistics : empty: 47 (100%) / Updated: 0 / Deleted: 0 / New: 47 Running "\_build:check" task Running "\_build:packageJson" task Running "\_build:readme" task Running "\_build:babelCache" task Running "\_build:installNpmDeps" task Running "\_build:notice" task Fatal error: Path must be a string. Received true npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build: grunt build "--rpm" npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. # npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm ERR! /home/farya/.npm/\_logs/2017-06-01T12\_59\_41\_662Z-debug.log here is the log file o/p: 0 info it worked if it ends with ok 1 verbose cli [ '/home/farya/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/node', 1 verbose cli '/home/farya/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/npm', 1 verbose cli 'run', 1 verbose cli 'build', 1 verbose cli '--', 1 verbose cli '--rpm' ] 2 info using npm@4.6.1 3 info using node@v6.10.2 4 verbose run-script ['prebuild', 'build', 'postbuild'] 5 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~prebuild: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 6 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~prebuild: no script for prebuild, continuing 7 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~build: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 8 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~build: unsafe-perm in lifecycle true 9 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~build: PATH: /home/farya/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/lib/node\_modules/npm/bin/node-gyp-bin:/home/farya/kibana/node\_modules/.bin:/home/farya/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin:/usr/lib64/qt-3.3/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/home/farya/.local/bin:/home/farya/bin:/home/farya/.nvm/versions/node/v6.10.2/bin/grunt 10 verbose lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~build: CWD: /home/farya/kibana 11 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~build: Args: ['-c', 'grunt build "--rpm"'] 12 silly lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~build: Returned: code: 1 signal: null 13 info lifecycle kibana@6.0.0-alpha2~build: Failed to exec build script 14 verbose stack Error: kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build: grunt build "--rpm" 14 verbose stack Exit status 1 i also tried to edit tasks/build/notice.js by adding console.log({ kibanaDir, noticePath }); after line 22 where noticePath is initialized and the ran npm run build -- --rpm but again i ran into same issue ---
**Author:** ![FareehaNaaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@FareehaNaaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FareehaNaaz)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/9 "2017-06-06T04:05:20Z")
Hi! i too face the same issue, can anyone guide us on this? ---
**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2017, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/10 "2017-06-06T16:24:05Z")
> [@sravya](#): > > i did try upgarding my babel-core@6.10.4 but that agin didnt help me out. Sounds like you might have some global NPM packages. If you do, those would conflict with the packages specified in the project. You should not have any global NPM packages installed when developing with Kibana. This topic has gotten hijacked from the original posting. Please open a new topic with your question if you have new questions to post. Thanks 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FareehaNaaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7ba0ec/32.png) [@FareehaNaaz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/FareehaNaaz)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/11 "2017-06-07T05:01:29Z")
i did try removing all the globally installed npm packages but then again i face the same issue. ---
**Author:** ![sravya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@sravya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sravya)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/12 "2017-06-07T10:19:43Z")
> [@Kibana Package creation issue](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-package-creation-issue/88149): > > Hi! iwas trying to create kibana rpm package "npm run build -- --rpm", and ran into this issue. Fatal error: Path must be a string. Received true npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE npm ERR! errno 1 npm ERR! kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build: grunt build "--rpm" npm ERR! Exit status 1 npm ERR! npm ERR! Failed at the kibana@6.0.0-alpha2 build script. npm ERR! This is probably not a problem with npm. There is likely additional logging output above. npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: npm … ---
**Author:** ![tsullivan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tsullivan/32/31077_2.png) [@tsullivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tsullivan)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2017, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-source-installation-error/83986/13 "2017-06-07T16:20:02Z")