Install Ranger Admin - Hortonworks Data Platform

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Install Ranger Admin

Follow these steps to install Ranger Admin:

Untar the ranger-<version>-admin.tar.gz file:
```
 tar zxf ranger-<version>-admin.tar.gz
```
Change directory to ranger-<version>-admin.
```
cd ranger-<version>-admin
```

Edit the install.properties file.

Enter the appropriate values for each of the following properties:

Table 13.10. install.properties Property Values

Property	Value
db_root_use
db_root_password
db_host
db_name
db_user
db_password
policymgr_external_url	http://<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>:6080
authentication_method	UNIX, LDAP, or AD
spnego_principal	HTTP/<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>@<REALM>
spnego_keytab	<HTTP keytab path>
token_value	30
cookie_domain	<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>
cookie_path	/
admin_principal	rangeradmin/<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>@<REALM>
admin_keytab	<rangeradmin keytab path>
lookup_principal	rangerlookup/<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>@<REALM>
lookup_keytab	<rangerlookup_keytab_path>
hadoop_conf	/etc/hadoop/conf

	Note
	If the Kerberos server and admin are on different hosts, copy the keytab to admin host and assign permission to user `ranger`: scp the `rangeradmin` keytab file to the respective path of another host. chown ranger <rangeradmin_keytab_path> chmod 400 <rangeradmin_keytab_path>

Run setup.
```
./setup.sh
```
Start the Ranger admin server.
```
./ranger-admin-services.sh start
```