# Puppet-elasticsearch - yum error on CentOS **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 4, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/puppet-elasticsearch-yum-error-on-centos/14239 "2013-11-04T10:25:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tim_s/32/958_2.png) [@Tim\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tim_S)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/puppet-elasticsearch-yum-error-on-centos/14239/1 "2013-11-04T10:25:23Z")
I'm using puppet enterprise on CentOS, and getting an error from Yum. I've tried [GitHub - voxpupuli/puppet-elasticsearch: Elasticsearch Puppet module](https://github.com/elasticsearch/puppet-elasticsearch) and [https://forge.puppetlabs.com/ispavailability/elasticsearch](https://forge.puppetlabs.com/ispavailability/elasticsearch) - in both cases the agent errors with an error from yum, because (I think) there is no package named 'elasticsearch' in the yum repository. The error is as follows: > Error: /Stage[main]/Elasticsearch::Package/Package[elasticsearch]/ensure: > change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 > -y install elasticsearch' returned 1: Error: Nothing to do If I just run "yum install elasticsearch", I get various bits of output including the following: > No package elasticsearch available. Is it that these modules do not support CentOS, or do I need to update yum to look in another repository, or am I doing something else wrong? The code for the puppet-elasticsearch project has various references to CentOS in it, so I was assuming that meant it would work, but maybe that was just future proofing? Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Tim. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Magnus\_Persson](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnus_persson/32/1159_2.png) [@Magnus\_Persson](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Magnus_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2013, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/puppet-elasticsearch-yum-error-on-centos/14239/2 "2013-11-04T20:56:09Z")
Correct, elasticsearch is afaik not distributed in any repositories. To add to this, the RPMs provided may have incorrect postinstall scripts that don't adhere to RPM guidelines: after installation, the elasticsearch service is not only installed it is also started. This means that a custom configuration (specified in the puppet manifest) is only applied on service restart/reload. At that point directories/logs are already created at the default locations. If going for more recent versions of ES it may be fixed (there was an issue up on github). [https://gist.github.com/magnusp/7308990](https://gist.github.com/magnusp/7308990) this is the manifest I'm currently working on. Of notable interest is the --noscript flag to rpm which disables the postinstall script. I'm using 0.90.3 since I pair ES with Logstash. I only recently started using puppet so there are probably numerous issues with my manifest 🙂 On Monday, November 4, 2013 11:25:23 AM UTC+1, Tim S wrote: > I'm using puppet enterprise on CentOS, and getting an error from Yum. > > I've tried [GitHub - voxpupuli/puppet-elasticsearch: Elasticsearch Puppet module](https://github.com/elasticsearch/puppet-elasticsearch) and > [ispavailability/elasticsearch · Module for managing and configuring Elasticsearch nodes · Puppet Forge](https://forge.puppetlabs.com/ispavailability/elasticsearch) - in both > cases the agent errors with an error from yum, because (I think) there is > no package named 'elasticsearch' in the yum repository. The error is as > follows: > > > Error: /Stage[main]/Elasticsearch::Package/Package[elasticsearch]/ensure: > > change from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 > > -y install elasticsearch' returned 1: Error: Nothing to do > > If I just run "yum install elasticsearch", I get various bits of output > including the following: > > > No package elasticsearch available. > > Is it that these modules do not support CentOS, or do I need to update yum > to look in another repository, or am I doing something else wrong? The code > for the puppet-elasticsearch project has various references to CentOS in > it, so I was assuming that meant it would work, but maybe that was just > future proofing? > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Tim. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_S](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tim_s/32/958_2.png) [@Tim\_S](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tim_S)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 3:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/puppet-elasticsearch-yum-error-on-centos/14239/3 "2013-11-05T15:27:13Z")
Thanks for confirming it wasn't me doing something silly. I've now got something working using [GitHub - pdrakeweb/puppet-elasticsearch: Elasticsearch Puppet Module](https://github.com/pdrakeweb/puppet-elasticsearch), which uses a java service wrapper to run es packaged as part of the puppet module. Seems to work ok. On Monday, November 4, 2013 8:56:09 PM UTC, Magnus Persson wrote: > Correct, elasticsearch is afaik not distributed in any repositories. To > add to this, the RPMs provided may have incorrect postinstall scripts that > don't adhere to RPM guidelines: after installation, the elasticsearch > service is not only installed it is also started. This means that a custom > configuration (specified in the puppet manifest) is only applied on service > restart/reload. At that point directories/logs are already created at the > default locations. > > If going for more recent versions of ES it may be fixed (there was an > issue up on github). > > [https://gist.github.com/magnusp/7308990](https://gist.github.com/magnusp/7308990) this is the manifest I'm > currently working on. Of notable interest is the --noscript flag to rpm > which disables the postinstall script. I'm using 0.90.3 since I pair ES > with Logstash. I only recently started using puppet so there are probably > numerous issues with my manifest 🙂 > > On Monday, November 4, 2013 11:25:23 AM UTC+1, Tim S wrote: > > > I'm using puppet enterprise on CentOS, and getting an error from Yum. > > > > I've tried [GitHub - voxpupuli/puppet-elasticsearch: Elasticsearch Puppet module](https://github.com/elasticsearch/puppet-elasticsearch) and > > [ispavailability/elasticsearch · Module for managing and configuring Elasticsearch nodes · Puppet Forge](https://forge.puppetlabs.com/ispavailability/elasticsearch) - in both > > cases the agent errors with an error from yum, because (I think) there is > > no package named 'elasticsearch' in the yum repository. The error is as > > follows: > > > > > Error: > > > /Stage[main]/Elasticsearch::Package/Package[elasticsearch]/ensure: change > > > from absent to present failed: Execution of '/usr/bin/yum -d 0 -e 0 -y > > > install elasticsearch' returned 1: Error: Nothing to do > > > > If I just run "yum install elasticsearch", I get various bits of output > > including the following: > > > > > No package elasticsearch available. > > > > Is it that these modules do not support CentOS, or do I need to update > > yum to look in another repository, or am I doing something else wrong? The > > code for the puppet-elasticsearch project has various references to CentOS > > in it, so I was assuming that meant it would work, but maybe that was just > > future proofing? > > > > Any suggestions appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > > > Tim. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/puppet-elasticsearch-yum-error-on-centos/14239/4 "2017-07-06T02:08:47Z")