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.

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.

	Important
	It is critical that you prepare your Ambari Server for hosting views. It is strongly recommended you increase the amount of memory available to your Ambari Server, and that you run additional “standalone” Ambari Servers to host the views. See Preparing Ambari Server for Views and Running Ambari Server Standalone for more information.

Learning More About Views

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