Deploying Clusters in an Existing Environment

If you already configured an environment, you can easily deploy a new cluster:

  1. Log in to Cloudera Director. For example, http://example.com:7189.
  2. Click Add Cluster, and then select an environment from the Environment list box. .
  3. Select a Cloudera Manager from the Cloudera Manager list box.
  4. To clone an existing cluster, select Clone from existing and select a cluster. To specify cluster settings, select Create from scratch.
  5. Enter a name for the cluster in the Cluster name field, and select the version of CDH to deploy in the Version field.
  6. Select the type of cluster to deploy from Services.
  7. Select the numbers of masters, workers, and gateways to deploy. Then, select an instance template for each or create one or more new templates.
  8. When you are finished, click Continue. When prompted for confirmation, click OK to confirm.

    Cloudera Director begins deploying the cluster.