How to Fix QRadar CE failing Gluster 3.8 repos on CentOS-7.3

In our previous article, we learnt how to Install IBM Qradar Community Edition on VirtualBox. Installation of QRadar CE 7.30 on CentOS 7 may fail with the error “One of the configured repositories failed (CentOS-7 – Gluster 3.8) and yum doesn’t have enough cached data to continue”. As a result, this guide presents a simple way on how to fix QRadar CE failing gluster 3.8 repos on CentOS-7.3.

To fix QRadar CE failing Gluster 3.8 repos on CentOS-7, step through the following procedure;

1. Mount the QRadar CE iso on some directory say, /media/cdrom.

mount -o loop /path/to/QRadarCE7_3_0.GA.iso /media/cdrom

2. Install gluster 3.8 packages on the mounted iso.

yum install /media/cdrom/3rdparty/glusterfs/*.rpm
rpm -Uvh /media/cdrom/3rdparty/pf_ring/kmod-pf_ring-6.2.0-2.el7.x86_64.rpm --nodeps

3. Create Gluster-3.8.repo and add the contents below;

cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Gluster-3.8.repo << EOL
# CentOS-Gluster-3.8.repo
#
# Please see http://wiki.centos.org/SpecialInterestGroup/Storage for more
# information

[centos-gluster38]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Gluster 3.8
baseurl=https://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/storage/x86_64/gluster-3.8/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=1

[centos-gluster38-test]
name=CentOS-$releasever - Gluster 3.8 Testing
baseurl=https://buildlogs.centos.org/centos/7/storage/x86_64/gluster-3.8/
gpgcheck=0
enabled=0
EOL

4. Update your server

yum update -y

5. Launch the installation of QRadar CE

/media/cdrom/setup

And alas! You have learnt how to fix QRadar CE failing gluster 3.8 repos on CentOS-7.3