New Features

This section highlights new features in HDP 2.6.3.

Apache Components	Feature
Atlas	Business user friendly faceted search (backend) Supporting work for Atlas NiFi connector
Druid	Druid 0.10.1 is now GA.
Knox	Apache Atlas Admin UI Support through Knox: Setting up Hadoop Service URLs, Example Service Definitions, and Supported Hadoop Services. Apache Zeppelin UI Support through Knox: Setting up Hadoop Service URLs, Example Service Definitions, and Supported Hadoop Services. Setting up SSOCookieProvider Federation Provider
Ranger	Automatically Assign ADMIN/KEYADMIN Role for External Users Setting up the Knox Token Service for Ranger APIs Using Tag Attributes and Values in Ranger Tag-based Policy Conditions Support for nested LDAP/AD Group Sync:Configuring Ranger User Sync for LDAP/AD Under Hive Policy>Allow Conditions>Permissions, new Service Admin option to provide authorization for Hive query kill API:Create a Hive Policy
Spark	Spark 2.2 GA with support across Zeppelin & Livy Zeppelin Stability and DSX work

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