Installing Cloudera Director Client

To install Cloudera Director client, perform the following tasks.

1. Install a supported version of the Oracle Java Development Kit (JDK) on the Cloudera Director host. Currently, Cloudera Director supports JDK versions 8, 7, and 6. For installation information, see Java SE Downloads.
2. Download 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 SLES:

     zypper addrepo -f http://archive.cloudera.com/director/sles/11/x86_64/director/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 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

3. 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 SLES 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 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 -

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

     yum install cloudera-director-client

   • For RHEL 5, CentOS 5, and Oracle 5:

     yum install cloudera-director-client

   • For SLES:

     zypper install cloudera-director-client

   • For Debian, Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin), and Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr):

     apt-get install cloudera-director-client

You are now ready to configure the Cloudera Director Client.