Creating View Instances
To create a View instance:
Steps
On the Ambari Admin page, browse to a View and expand it.
Click Create Instance.
Provide the following information:
Item
Required?
Description
View version
Yes
Exact version to instantiate
Instance name
Yes
Name unique to the selected View
Display label
Yes
Readable display name of the View instance in Ambari Web
Description
Yes
Readable description of the View instance in Ambari Web
Visible
No
Whether the View is visible or not visible to the end-user in Ambari Web
Use this property to temporarily hide a view from users.
Settings
Maybe
Depending on the View, a group of settings that can be customized
If a setting is required, you are prompted to provide the required information.
Cluster configuration
Maybe Depending on the View, you can choose a local or remote cluster, or manually configure a custom View.
If Ambari has a cluster configured that will work with the View instance, then the choice of Local Cluster will be available. If you have registered one or more Remote Clusters, then the choice of Remote Cluster will also be available. If neither Local or Remote clusters are available, you will have to enter the Custom configuration manually.
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