The Hosts view presents your cluster in terms of the hosts on which the services are running. If your cluster is large, you can use the health filter, outlined in red, to locate only hosts in that state. The more general filter tool, shown outlined in blue, allows you to select specific types of hosts and to sort your result.
Use the dropdown list in the Components column to locate only the hosts that run the specific Master components in which you are interested. After you have made your choice, click the Apply button at the bottom of the list.
Note the colored dots next to the FQDN in the main Hosts view. These give you a quick overview of the host status:
Red - At least one master component on that host is down. Hover your mouse to see a tooltip with a list of affected components.
Orange - At least one slave component on that host is down. Hover your mouse to see a tooltip with a list of affected components.
Yellow - Ambari Server has not received a heartbeat from that host for more than 3 minutes.
Green - Normal running state
The trigger for a red condition overrides a trigger for an orange condition, and so on down the list.
To see more detailed information on a specific host, click the host FDQN. The Host Details screen opens.
Use the Action dropdowns, outlined in green above, to stop or start a service component running on that host.
You can also use the Action dropdown on a DataNode host to decommision that node and safely move data from it to other DataNodes in your cluster.
Decommissioning a DataNode runs as a background operation. When the data has all been transferred and replication is complete, the DataNode shuts itself down. The health status colored dot turns red to let you know the decommission process is complete.
To add new hosts to your cluster, click +Add New Hosts, outlined in green above. The Add Host Wizard pops up.
Follow the wizard through the sequence of steps - similar to those in the Install wizard - to add hosts. To review the Install wizard, see Installing, Configuring, and Deploying the Cluster in the Ambari Installation Guide.
