Cloudera Manager Installation and Setup

Install Cloudera Manager, install Cloudera Manager agents, add Cloudera Management service, and configure clusters to use Kerberos.

Install and configure Cloudera Manager. For more information on installing Cloudera Manager, see Configuring Repository and Installing Cloudera Manager.

caution
Do not set up a cluster using the Wizard.
Install Cloudera Manager User licence. For more information, see Installation Wizard. (Upload the License file and stop).
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- Do not set up a cluster using the Wizard (Step 7) .
- Do not proceed to Welcome (Add Cluster - Installation).
Install Agents on all hosts where HDP cluster is running and add hosts to Cloudera Manager. For more information, see Installation Wizard.
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Do not select the Add hosts to Cluster option.
Add Cloudera Manager management service to the cluster.
If you have a Kerberos cluster, then you must add the KDC details in the Administration>Security>Kerberos Credentials>Setup KDC for Cloudera Manager page using Cloudera Manager. For more information on Kerberos and Active Directory, see Enabling Kerberos authentication for CDP

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You must set the value of Maximum Renewable Life for Principals to 0 or to the value that was provided for Ambari KDC. If Maximum Renewable Life for Principal and Ambari KDC do not match, keytabs generation fails in Cloudera Manager.