Execute the following command on each client cluster node and gateway node to install the Storm RPMs:
For RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux:
yum install storm
For SLES:
zypper install storm
For Ubuntu:
apt-get install storm
![[Important]](../common/images/admon/important.png)
Important Ubuntu users must manually create the
/etc/storm/confdirectory and thestorm.yamlfile that resides there.Execute the following command to create the
confdirectory:sudo mkdir -p /etc/storm/conf
Execute the following command to create the
storm.yamlfile:sudo touch /etc/storm/conf/storm.yaml
![]() | Note |
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Storm requires version 2.6 or higher as the default system Python interpreter. |

![[Note]](../common/images/admon/note.png)
