Ranger is the new name for XASecure, an HDP 2.1 add-on product.
Backup the following config directories:
xapolicymgr config (from /usr/lib/xapolicymgr) uxugsync config (from /usr/lib/uxugsync) agents config (/etc/hadoop/conf, /etc/hive/conf, /etc/hbase/conf)
Backup Apache Ranger policy/audit databases. For example:
mysqldump xasecure > /tmp/xasecure/backup_xasecure.sql
Note The DB host and xaadmin and xalogger user details are important to note because you must specify the same database details when installing the HDP 2.2 version of Ranger.
Stop services.
Stop Policy Admin
service xapolicymgr stop
Stop user sync.
service uxugsync stop
Stop other HDP Services.
Cleanup startup files/symbolic links
rm -f /etc/init.d/xapolicymgr rm -rf /etc/rc*.d/*xapolicymgr rm -f /etc/init.d/uxugsync rm -rf /etc/rc*.d/*uxugsync rm -f /usr/lib/xapolicymgr rm -f /usr/lib/uxugsync
Follow the Ranger Install instructions for HDP 2.2 to install the following Ranger components: Ranger-Admin Ranger-UserSync (Plugins for HDFS, HBase, Hive, Knox and Storm as required.)
Restart Ranger Services
service ranger-admin start
service ranger-usersync start