Prerequisites

For your data ingest source

• You have created a Streams Messaging cluster in Cloudera Public Cloud to host your Schema Registry.

  For information on how to create a Streams Messaging cluster, see Setting up your Streams Messaging Cluster.

• You have created at least one Kafka topic.

  1. Navigate to Management Console > Environments and select your environment.
  2. Select your Streams Messaging cluster.
  3. Click on the Streams Messaging Manager icon.
  4. Navigate to the Topics page.
  5. Click Add New and provide the following information:
     • Topic name
     • Number of partitions
     • Level of availability
     • Cleanup policy
  6. Click Save.

• You have created a schema for your data and have uploaded it to the Schema Registry in the Streams Messaging cluster.

  For information on how to create a new schema, see Creating a new schema. For example:

  
  {
     "type":"record",
     "name":"SensorReading",
     "namespace":"com.cloudera.example",
     "doc":"This is a sample sensor reading",
     "fields":[
        {
           "name":"sensor_id",
           "doc":"Sensor identification number.",
           "type":"int"
        },
        {
           "name":"sensor_ts",
           "doc":"Timestamp of the collected readings.",
           "type":"long"
        },
        {
           "name":"sensor_0",
           "doc":"Reading #0.",
           "type":"int"
        },
        {
           "name":"sensor_1",
           "doc":"Reading #1.",
           "type":"int"
        },
        {
           "name":"sensor_2",
           "doc":"Reading #2.",
           "type":"int"
        },
        {
           "name":"sensor_3",
           "doc":"Reading #3.",
           "type":"int"
        }
     ]
  }
  

• You have the Schema Registry Host Name.

  1. From the Management Console, go to Data Hub Clusters and select the Streams Messaging cluster you are using.
  2. Navigate to the Hardware tab to locate the Master Node FQDN. Schema Registry is always running on the Master node, so copy the Master node FQDN.

• You have the Kafka broker end points.

  1. From the Management Console, click Data Hub Clusters.
  2. Select the Streams Messaging cluster from which you want to ingest data.
  3. Click the Hardware tab.
  4. Note the Kafka Broker FQDNs for each node in your cluster.
  5. Construct your Kafka Broker Endpoints by using the FQDN and Port number 9093 separated by a colon. Separate endpoints by a comma. For example:

     broker1.fqdn:9093,broker2.fqdn:9093,broker3.fqdn:9093

     Kafka broker FQDNs are listed under the Core_broker section.

• You have the Kafka Consumer Group ID.

  This ID is defined by the user. Pick an ID and then create a Ranger policy for it. Use the ID when deploying the flow in Cloudera DataFlow.

• You have assigned the Cloudera Workload User policies to access the consumer group ID and topic.

  1. Navigate to Management Console > Environments, and select the environment where you have created your cluster.
  2. Select Ranger. You are redirected to the Ranger Service Manager page.
  3. Select your Streams Messaging cluster under the Kafka folder.
  4. Create a policy to enable your Workload User to access the Kafka source topic.
  5. On the Create Policy page, give the policy a name, select topic from the drop-down list, add the user, and assign the Consume permission.
  6. Create another policy to give your Workload User access to the consumer group ID.
  7. On the Create Policy page, give the policy a name, select consumergroup from the drop-down list, add the user, and assign the Consume permission.

• You have assigned the Cloudera Workload User read-access to the schema.

  1. Navigate to Management Console > Environments, and select the environment where you have created your cluster.
  2. Select Ranger. You are redirected to the Ranger Service Manager page.
  3. Select your Streams Messaging cluster under the Schema Registry folder.
  4. Click Add New Policy.
  5. On the Create Policy page, give the policy a name, specify the schema details, add the user, and assign the Read permission.

For Cloudera DataFlow

• You have enabled Cloudera DataFlow for an environment.

  For information on how to enable Cloudera DataFlow for an environment, see Enabling Cloudera DataFlow for an Environment.

• You have created a Machine User to use as the Cloudera Workload User.

• You have given the Cloudera Workload User the EnvironmentUser role.
  1. From the Management Console, go to the environment for which Cloudera DataFlow is enabled.
  2. From the Actions drop down, click Manage Access.
  3. Identify the user you want to use as a Workload User.
  4. Give that user EnvironmentUser role.

• You have synchronized your user to the Cloudera Public Cloud environment that you enabled for Cloudera DataFlow.

  For information on how to synchronize your user to FreeIPA, see Performing User Sync.

• You have granted your Cloudera user the DFCatalogAdmin and DFFlowAdmin roles to enable your user to add the ReadyFlow to the Catalog and deploy the flow definition.
  1. Give a user permission to add the ReadyFlow to the Catalog.
     1. From the Management Console, click User Management.
     2. Enter the name of the user or group you wish to authorize in the Search field.
     3. Select the user or group from the list that displays.
     4. Click Roles > Update Roles.
     5. From Update Roles, select DFCatalogAdmin and click Update.
  2. Give your user or group permission to deploy flow definitions.
     1. From the Management Console, click Environments to display the Environment List page.
     2. Select the environment to which you want your user or group to deploy flow definitions.
     3. Click Actions > Manage Access to display the Environment Access page.
     4. Enter the name of your user or group you wish to authorize in the Search field.
     5. Select your user or group and click Update Roles.
     6. Select DFFlowAdmin from the list of roles.
     7. Click Update Roles.
  3. Give your user or group access to the Project where the ReadyFlow will be deployed.
     1. Go to DataFlow > Projects.
     2. Select the project where you want to manage access rights and click More > Manage Access.
  4. Start typing the name of the user or group you want to add and select them from the list.
  5. Select the Resource Roles you want to grant.
  6. Click Update Roles.
  7. Click Synchronize Users.

For your data ingest target

• You have your source S3 path and bucket.

• Perform one of the following to configure access to S3 buckets:

  • You have configured access to S3 buckets with a RAZ enabled environment.

    It is a best practice to enable RAZ to control access to your object store buckets. This allows you to use your Cloudera credentials to access S3 buckets, increases auditability, and makes object store data ingest workflows portable across cloud providers.

    1. Ensure that Fine-grained access control is enabled for your Cloudera DataFlow environment.
    2. From the Ranger UI, navigate to the S3 repository.
    3. Create a policy to govern access to the S3 bucket and path used in your ingest workflow.
    4. Add the machine user that you have created for your ingest workflow to the policy you just created.

    For more information, see Creating Ranger policy to use in RAZ-enabled AWS environment.

  • You have configured access to S3 buckets using ID Broker mapping.

    If your environment is not RAZ-enabled, you can configure access to S3 buckets using ID Broker mapping.

    1. Access IDBroker mappings.
       1. To access IDBroker mappings in your environment, click Actions > Manage Access.
       2. Choose the IDBroker Mappings tab where you can provide mappings for users or groups and click Edit.
    2. Add your Cloudera Workload User and the corresponding AWS role that provides write access to your folder in your S3 bucket to the Current Mappings section by clicking the blue + sign.
    3. Click Save and Sync.