EDR Server: Cannot install due to missing dependencies in RHEL 6

Products

• Carbon Black EDR (formerly Cb Response)

Issue/Introduction

Cannot install server due to missing dependencies such as lshw

Environment

• EDR Server: 7.2 - 7.4.2
• RHEL 6.8

Cause

RHEL 6.x repos are no longer accessible

Resolution

To workaround this issue, dependencies can be pulled from the CentOS 6 archives. 

1. Create a new file in /etc/yum.repos.d called Centos.repo
2. Save the following

   • [C6.10-base]
     name=CentOS-6.10 - Base
     baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/6.10/os/$basearch/
     gpgcheck=0
     gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
     enabled=1
     metadata_expire=never
     
     [C6.10-updates]
     name=CentOS-6.10 - Updates
     baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/6.10/updates/$basearch/
     gpgcheck=0
     gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
     enabled=1
     metadata_expire=never
     
     [C6.10-extras]
     name=CentOS-6.10 - Extras
     baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/6.10/extras/$basearch/
     gpgcheck=0
     gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
     enabled=1
     metadata_expire=never
     
     [C6.10-contrib]
     name=CentOS-6.10 - Contrib
     baseurl=http://vault.centos.org/6.10/contrib/$basearch/
     gpgcheck=0
     gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-6
     enabled=0
     metadata_expire=never

3. Run yum clean all
4. Complete install of cb-enterprise

Additional Information

• Errors may occur if settings are saved in the default redhat.repo
• SSL check can fail if gpgcheck is enabled