How to fix RHEL/CentOS 8 repository installation issue

There is a known issue that is planned to be fixed in the Sisense L2023.6+. If you install Sisense on CentOS or RHEL version >= 8 the old EPEL 7 repositories are used instead of EPEL 8

To fix this issue:

Locate in the installation folder and open in the text editor "sisense.sh" file.

For Red Hat replace the following section:

 elif [[ ${OS} == *"Red Hat"* ]]; then
      {
        sudo yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
        sudo yum install -y --enablerepo="epel" python3-pip nc sshpass jq libselinux-python3
        sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3
        sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip
        sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp
      } >>sisense-ansible.log 2>&1
    fi

With:

elif [[ ${OS} == *"Red Hat"* ]]; then
      if [[ $VER == "7."* ]]; then
        {
          sudo yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
          sudo yum install -y --enablerepo="epel" python3-pip nc sshpass jq libselinux-python3
          sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3
          sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip
          sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp
        } >>sisense-ansible.log 2>&1
      else
        {
          sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-$(arch)-rpms
          sudo dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
          sudo dnf install -y --enablerepo="epel" python3-pip nc sshpass jq libselinux-python3
          sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3
          sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip
          sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp
        } >>sisense-ansible.log 2>&1
      fi
    fi

For CentOS replace the next section:

elif [[ ${OS} == *"CentOS"* ]]; then
      {
        sudo yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
        sudo yum install -y epel-release --enablerepo="epel" python3-pip nc sshpass jq libselinux-python3
        sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3
        sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip
        sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp
      } >>sisense-ansible.log 2>&1
      fi

With:

elif [[ ${OS} == *"CentOS"* ]]; then
      if [[ $VER == "7."* ]]; then
        {
          sudo yum install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
          sudo yum install -y epel-release --enablerepo="epel" python3-pip nc sshpass jq libselinux-python3
          sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3
          sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip
          sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp
        } >>sisense-ansible.log 2>&1
      else
        {
          sudo subscription-manager repos --enable codeready-builder-for-rhel-9-$(arch)-rpms
          sudo dnf install -y https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-8.noarch.rpm
          sudo dnf install -y epel-release --enablerepo="epel" python3-pip nc sshpass jq libselinux-python3
          sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade --force-reinstall pip==21.1.3
          sudo ln -sf /usr/local/bin/pip /usr/bin/pip
          sudo python3 -m pip install configparser zipp
        } >>sisense-ansible.log 2>&1
      fi
    fi

This should be enough for a successful installation.

If you need additional help, please contact Sisense Support.

Updated 02-13-2024

Deploy: Linux

Deploy:Linux