Apache Ambari updated to version 1.2.4. This release of Apache Ambari includes the new features and improvements:
Ambari requires a database to store information about cluster topology and configuration.
The default database is Postgres 8.x and Oracle 11gr2 is also supported. For more information, see Supported Database Matrix for Hortonworks Data Platform.
Added support for configuring Oracle 11gr2 for Oozie and Hive metastores. For more information, see Supported Database Matrix for Hortonworks Data Platform.
Added support for non-root SSH install option.
Added support to use either HDP-1.2.1 or HDP-1.3.0 stack.