Chapter 3. Console Operations Summary

The Ranger console controls five types of functions:

  • The Repository Manager - (visible upon user login, as shown above) adds and administers service repositories.

  • The Policy Manager tab - creates and administers repository policies.

  • The Users/Groups tab - assigns policy permissions to users and groups.

  • The Analytics tab - is used to perform analytics on one or more HDFS, Hive, HBase, Knox or Storm policies.

  • The Audit tab - monitors user activity at the resource level, and conditional auditing based on users, groups or time.

Ranger Repository Manager