Contents
- 1. Getting Ready to Install
- 2. Running the Installer
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- 1. Set Up the Bits
- 2. Set Up the Server
- 3. Optional: Set Up LDAP or Active Directory Authentication
- 4. Optional: Set Up HTTPS for Ambari Web
- 5. Optional: Set Up HTTPS for Ganglia and Nagios
- 6. Optional: Encrypt Database and LDAP Passwords
- 7. Optional: Set Up Two-Way SSL Between Ambari Server and Ambari Agents
- 8. Optional: Change the Ambari Server Port
- 9. Start the Ambari Server
- 3. Installing, Configuring, and Deploying the Cluster
- 4. Troubleshooting Ambari Deployments
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- 1. Getting the Logs
- 2. Quick Checks
- 3. Specific Issues
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- 3.1. Problem: Browser crashed before Install Wizard completed
- 3.2. Problem: Install Wizard reports that the cluster install has failed
- 3.3. Problem: “Unable to create new native thread” exceptions in HDFS DataNode logs or those of any system daemon
- 3.4. Problem: The “yum install ambari-server” Command Fails
- 3.5. Problem: HDFS Smoke Test Fails
- 3.6. Problem: The HCatalog Daemon Metastore Smoke Test Fails
- 3.7. Problem: MySQL and Nagios fail to install on RightScale CentOS 5 images on EC2
- 3.8. Problem: Trouble starting Ambari on system reboot
- 3.9. Problem: Metrics and Host information display incorrectly in Ambari Web
- 3.10. Problem: On SUSE 11 Ambari Agent crashes within the first 24 hours
- 3.11. Problem: Attempting to Start HBase REST server causes either REST server or Ambari Web to fail
- 3.12. Problem: Multiple Ambari Agent processes are running, causing re-register
- 3.13. Problem: Some graphs do not show a complete hour of data until the cluster has been running for an hour
- 3.14. Problem: After performing a cluster install the Nagios server is not started
- 3.15. Problem: A service with a customized service user is not appearing properly in Ambari Web
- 3.16. Problem: Updated configuration changes are not pushed to client/gateway nodes
- 3.17. Problem: Trying to upgrade Ambari Server on SLES produces error
- 5. Appendix: Installing Ambari Agents Manually
- 6. Appendix: Using Custom Hostnames
- 7. Appendix: Upgrading Operating Systems on an Ambari-based Hadoop Installation
- 8. Appendix: Upgrading Ambari to 1.2.5
- 9. Appendix: Upgrading the HDP Stack to 1.3.2
- 10. Appendix: Configuring Ports
- 11. Appendix: Moving the Ambari Server
- 12. Appendix: Using Non-Default Databases
- 13. Setting Up Kerberos for Use with Ambari
List of Tables
- 2.1. Download the repo
- 2.2. Ambari Server LDAP Properties
- 3.1. Service Users
- 3.2. Service Group
- 3.3. HDFS Settings: Advanced
- 3.4. MapReduce Settings: Advanced
- 6.1. ambari-agent.ini
- 10.1. HDFS Ports
- 10.2. MapReduce Ports
- 10.3. Hive Ports
- 10.4. HBase Ports
- 10.5. WebHCat Port
- 10.6. Ganglia Ports
- 10.7. MySQL Port
- 10.8. Ambari Web
- 10.9. Ambari Web
- 13.1. Kerberos terminology
- 13.2. Service Principals
- 13.3. Ambari Principals
- 13.4. Service Keytab File Names
