Chapter 1. Using Ambari Views

Ambari includes the Ambari Views Framework, which allows for developers to create UI components that “plug into” the Ambari Web interface. Ambari includes a built-in set of Views that are pre-deployed for you to use with your cluster. This guide provides information on configuring the built-in set of Views, as well as information on how to configure Ambari Server for “standalone” operation.

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Views can be deployed and managed in the “operational” Ambari Server that is operating your cluster. In addition, Views can be deployed and managed in one or more separate “standalone” Ambari Servers. Running “standalone” Ambari Server instances is useful when users who will access views will not have (and should not) have access to that Ambari Server that is operating the cluster. As well, you can run one or more separate Ambari Server instances “standalone” for a scale-out approach to handling a large number of users. See Running Ambari Standalone for more information.

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Views can be deployed and managed in the “operational” Ambari Server that is operating your cluster. In addition, Views can be deployed and managed in one or more separate “standalone” Ambari Servers. Running “standalone” Ambari Server instances is useful when users who will access views will not have (and should not) have access to that Ambari Server that is operating the cluster. As well, you can run one or more separate Ambari Server instances “standalone” for a scale-out approach to handling a large number of users. See Running Ambari Standalone for more information.

The sections below describe the built-in Views and their configuration:

View	Description	HDP Stacks	Required Services
Capacity Scheduler	Provides a visual way to configure YARN capacity scheduler queue capacity.	HDP 2.3 or later	YARN
Files	Allows you to browse the HDFS file system.	HDP 2.2 or later	HDFS
Hive	Exposes a way to find, author, execute and debug Hive queries.	HDP 2.3 or later	HDFS, YARN, Hive
Pig	Provides a way to author and execute Pig Scripts.	HDP 2.2 or later	HDFS, Hive ( WebHCat ), Pig
Slider	A tool to help deploy and manage Slider-based applications.	HDP 2.1 or later	HDFS, YARN
Tez	View information related to Tez jobs that are executing on the cluster.	HDP 2.2.4.2 or later	HDFS, YARN, Tez

Learning More About Views

You can learn more about the Views Framework at the following resources:

Resource	URL
Administering Views	Ambari Administration Guide - Managing Views
Ambari Project Wiki	https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Views
Example Views	https://github.com/apache/ambari/tree/trunk/ambari-views/examples
View Contributions	https://github.com/apache/ambari/tree/trunk/contrib/views

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