Installing Cloudera Director Server

We recommend that you install Cloudera Director Server within the subnet where you will create clusters. To install Cloudera Director Server, perform the following tasks.

  1. Download the Cloudera Director by running the correct command for your distribution.
    • For RHEL 6, CentOS 6, and Oracle 6:

      wget http://archive.cloudera.com/director/redhat/6/x86_64/director/cloudera-director.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudera-director.repo
    • For RHEL 5, CentOS 5, and Oracle 5:

      wget http://archive.cloudera.com/director/redhat/5/x86_64/director/cloudera-director.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/cloudera-director.repo
    • For Debian:

      wget http://archive.cloudera.com/director/debian/wheezy/amd64/director/cloudera-director.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera-director.list
    • For SLES:

      zypper addrepo -f http://archive.cloudera.com/director/sles/11/x86_64/director/cloudera-director.repo
    • For Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin):

      wget http://archive.cloudera.com/director/ubuntu/precise/amd64/director/cloudera-director.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera-director.list
    • For Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr):

      wget http://archive.cloudera.com/director/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/director/cloudera-director.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/cloudera-director.list
  2. Add the signing key.
    • For RHEL 6, CentOS 6, and Oracle 6 this step is not required. Continue to the next step.

    • For RHEL 5, CentOS 5, and Oracle 5 this step is not required. Continue to the next step.

    • For Debian, run the following command:

      curl -s http://archive.cloudera.com/director/debian/wheezy/amd64/director/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
    • For SLES this step is not required. Continue to the next step.

    • For Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), run the following command:

      curl -s http://archive.cloudera.com/director/ubuntu/precise/amd64/director/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
    • For Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr), run the following command:

      curl -s http://archive.cloudera.com/director/ubuntu/trusty/amd64/director/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
  3. Install Cloudera Director Server by running the correct command for your distribution.
    • For RHEL 6, CentOS 6, and Oracle 6:

      yum install cloudera-director-server
    • For RHEL 5, CentOS 5, and Oracle 5:

      yum install cloudera-director-server
    • For Debian:

      apt-get install cloudera-director-server
    • For SLES:

      zypper install cloudera-director-server
    • For Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin):

      apt-get install cloudera-director-server
    • For Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr):

      apt-get install cloudera-director-server
  4. Start the Cloudera Director Server by running the following command:
    service cloudera-director-server start
  5. Turn off IP tables by running the following command:
    service iptables stop
You are now ready to configure the Cloudera Director Server.