Requirements and Supported Versions

The following sections describe the requirements and supported operating systems, databases, and browsers for Cloudera Director.

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Supported Operating Systems for Cloudera Director

For installation of Cloudera Director server and client on a host computer or EC2 instance, Cloudera provides packages for the following Linux distributions:
  • RHEL-compatible
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS
      • 5.7, 64-bit
      • 6.4, 64-bit
      • 6.5, 64-bit
  • SLES - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, 64-bit
  • Debian - Wheezy (7.0 and 7.1), 64-bit
  • Ubuntu - Precise (12.04), Trusty (14.04), 64-bit

Supported Operating Systems for Cloudera Manager and CDH Clusters

For Cloudera Manager and CDH clusters, Cloudera Director can instantiate EC2 instances based on AMIs of the following Linux distributions:
  • RHEL6.4
  • RHEL6.5
  • Centos6.4
  • Centos6.5

Use the AWS CLI or the AWS web console to discover available AMIs. See the AWS documentation on Amazon Machine Images for more information.

Supported Browsers

Cloudera Director supports the following browsers:
  • Mozilla Firefox 11 and higher
  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer 9 and higher
  • Safari 5 and higher

Supported Databases

Cloudera Director can use the following databases:
  • H2 embedded database stored on the filesystem (default)
  • MySQL - 5.5 and 5.6

Supported Cloudera Manager and CDH Versions

Cloudera Director can install any version of Cloudera Manager 5 with CDH 4 or CDH 5 parcels. Use of CDH packages is not supported.

Resource Requirements

Cloudera Director requires the following hardware resources, either on a host computer or an EC2 instance:

  • Disk Space - At least 1 GB. More may be required depending on log retention settings.
  • RAM - At least 1 GB free memory.
  • If you are deploying Cloudera Director on an EC2 instance, Cloudera recommends an instance type of at least c3.large or c4.large.

Software Requirement

Cloudera Director requires Oracle Java SE Development Kit (JDK) version 8, 7, or 6. For download and installation information, see Java SE Downloads.

Networking and Security Requirements

The hosts in a Cloudera Manager deployment must meet the following networking and security requirements:

  • The Cloudera Director API and web interface listen on port 7189 by default.
  • Cloudera Director must make outbound connections over SSH to Cloudera Manager on port 7180 and to AWS API endpoints over HTTPS.
  • Cloudera Director requires a DNS setup that allows forward and reverse name resolution.