Before beginning the Ranger installation, make sure the following software is already installed:
JDK 7 or above (available from the Oracle Java Download site)
Supported operating systems:
64-bit CentOS 6 or 5
64-bit Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 or 5
64-bit Oracle Linux 6 or 5
64-bit SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, SP1, SP3, and SP4
64-bit Debian 6
Windows Server 2008, 2012
Supported Databases:
MySQL v. 5.6 or above
Oracle DB 11G or above (Oracle LINUX 6)
If the database server is not installed at the same host, Ranger services need to have access to the database server host.