Apache Ranger delivers a comprehensive approach to security for a Hadoop cluster. It provides central security policy administration across the core enterprise security requirements of authorization, auditing, and data protection.

This chapter describes the manual installation process for Apache Ranger and the Ranger plug-ins in a Linux Hadoop environment. It includes information about the following steps:

For information regarding Apache Ranger, refer to the HDP Security Features of the Hadoop Security Guide.

For information about installing Ranger using Ambari, see Installing Ranger Using Ambari.