Apache Ambari Views
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Creating View Instances

To create a View instance:

Steps

  1. On the Ambari Admin page, browse to a View and expand it.

  2. Click Create Instance.

  3. 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.

More Information

Registering Remote Clusters

Configuring View Instances