To enable the Ranger HBase plugin on a Kerberos-enabled cluster, perform the steps described below.
Create the system (OS) user hbaseuser. Make sure this user is synced to Ranger Admin (under users/groups tab in the Ranger Admin UI).
Create a Kerberos principal for hbaseuser by entering the following command:
kadmin.local -q 'addprinc -pw hbaseuser hbaseuser@example.com
Navigate to the HBase service.
Click on the Config tab and go to advanced ranger-hbase-plugin-properties.
Update the following properties with the values listed in the table below.
Table 5.3. HBase Plugin Properties
Configuration Property Name Value Ranger repository config user hbaseuser@example.com Ranger repository config password hbaseuser common.name.for.certificate blank After updating these properties, click Save and then restart the HBase service.
