New Features
The Ambari 2.7.0 release includes the following new features:
Table 1.1. Ambari 2.7 New Features
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Feature |
Description |
|---|---|
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Scalability: 5,000 node cluster support |
They Ambari UI, Ambari Server, and Ambari Agent have been significantly reworked to more efficiently handle large cluster management |
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Scalability: AMS Scalability Improvements |
In order to more efficiently manage large clusters, the AMS schema has been updated, and metric aggregation has been improved. |
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Metrics: Enhanced Smart Configs for AMS |
Updated default configurations, and configuration recommendations to ensure AMS is tuned well out of the box. |
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HDFS: NameNode Federation |
Added support for easily adding and managing new HDFS namespaces. |
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HDFS: ViewFS Support |
Added support for managing ViewFS mount table configuration. |
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Security: Support for FreeIPA |
Added FreeIPA as a supported KDC implementation. |
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Isilon: Improved Isilon Filesystem Support |
Added support for a new Isilon Management Pack that can be used to easily install HDP on an existing Isilon OneFS implementation. |
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Upgrade Ambari Infra to Solr 7.x |
Ambari Infra Solr now uses Solr 7. |
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OS: Support for Amazon Linux |
Amazon Linux is now a supported deployment platform. |
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Install: Central configuration of Passwords, DB’s, Log Directories and Users |
Commonly customized properties are now confgurable all in one place during the installation, making it much easier to quickly configure your installation. |
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Usability: Show who launched Wizard Operations |
Added the ability for teams to quickly see who initiated operations like Add Service, Add Host, Enable HA, etc. |
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Usability: Show who launched Background Operations |
Added the ability for teams to quickly see who performed operations like restarting services, etc. |
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Usability: Assigning Slaves/Clients in large clusters |
Made it easier to find hosts when adding services to a large cluster with many components deployed to it. |
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Usability: Bulk Add/Delete Components |
Added the ability to bulk add and delete components to multiple hosts. |
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Usability: Bulk Delete Hosts |
Added the ability to delete hosts in bulk. |
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Automation: Ambari REST API Explorer |
Created a new API portal in the Ambari Server to quickly understand and try out the Ambari API. Just navigate to http://[YOUR_AMBARI_SERVER_FQDN]:8080/api-docs to view the portal. |
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Security: Simplify Enabling Services for SSO |
Made it easer to setup SSO for Ambari, Atlas, and Ranger. |