Ambari 1.2.4 includes improvements such as allowing non-root SSH access for installation and adding hosts, expanding database support to include Oracle and MySQL for Hive Metastore and Oozie, and allowing customization of Nagios and Smoke Test user accounts. It also allows choosing the Hadoop stack version during cluster installation.

1. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Apache Ambari
1.2.4
July 2013
Page

2. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
What’s New in Ambari 1.2.4
• Reduced “root SSH” requirements
–Non-root SSH for cluster “Install” and “Add Hosts”
• Expanded Database Matrix
–Hive Metastore and Oozie Oracle + MySQL options
–Ambari Server DB Oracle option
• More Core Customizations
–Configure Nagios user account
–Configure Smoke Test user account
–Choose Stack during cluster install
Page 2

3. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Reduced “root” SSH Requirements
• Configure to use “root” or a “sudoer” user for SSH
• More flexibility in root-restricted environments
Page 3

4. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Hive Metastore Oracle Support
• Configure Hive Metastore to use Oracle Database
Page 4

5. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Oozie Oracle and MySQL Support
• Configure Oozie use Oracle or MySQL Database
Page 5

6. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Ambari DB Oracle
• Added Oracle to Ambari DB support matrix
Page 6
AMBARI
AMBARI WEB
RDBMS
postgres
oracle

7. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Ambari Database Matrix
Page 7
Hive Metastore Oozie Ambari DB
Use New Postgres
Use Existing MySQL
Use New MySQL
Use Existing Oracle
Use new Derby

8. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Customizable User Accounts
• Configure Nagios user
• Configure Smoke Test user
Page 8

9. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Choose Stack During Install
• Ability to choose the Stack version to install
• Ambari supports installing HDP 1.2.1 or 1.3.0 Stacks
Page 9

10. © Hortonworks Inc. 2013
Learn More
Page 10
Resource Location
Apache Ambari Project Page http://incubator.apache.org/ambari/
Mailing Lists http://incubator.apache.org/ambari/mail-lists.html
Ambari Wiki https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI
Ambari JIRA https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI