Installation

Unable to install Splunk Phantom on CentOS

vikramyadav
Contributor

I'm trying to install Splunk Phantom on  CentOS server but I'm getting the below error.

About to proceed with Phantom install
Do you wish to proceed [y/N]
y
sed: can't read /opt/phantom/bin/stop_phantom.sh: No such file or directory

Enter username: vikram@abc.com
Enter password: **********
./phantom_setup.sh: line 357: python: command not found
./phantom_setup.sh: line 358: python: command not found
21 files removed
Updating phantom repo package


Error updating Phantom Repo package

Errors during downloading metadata for repository 'phantom-base':
- Status code: 404 for https://***@repo.phantom.us/phantom/4.5/base/8/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml (IP: 54.165.15.205)
Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'phantom-base': Cannot download repomd.xml: Cannot download repodata/repomd.xml: All mirrors were tried

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codebuilder
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Are you installing as root or a privileged user? The /opt directory is owned by root so only one of those two can write there.

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vikramyadav
Contributor

Yes, @codebuilder I'm installing phantom via root user.

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codebuilder
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Looks like the network on your box can't reach the repo, or the repo url itself isn't correct. Try doing an nslookup or ping on the fqdn listed in your url.

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