This is the documentation for Cloudera Manager 5.1.x. Documentation for other versions is available at Cloudera Documentation.

Cloudera Manager Server Properties

Advanced

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Command Eviction Age (Hours) Number of hours after which to evict inactive commands from the database. Default is two years. 730 day(s) command_eviction_age_hours true
Cloudera Manager Server Local Data Storage Directory Local path used by Cloudera Manager for storing data, including command result files. Note that changes to this configuration will only apply to commands started after the change. It is highly recommended that existing data be migrated over to the new location for the data to be accessible via and managed by Cloudera Manager. /var/lib/cloudera-scm-server command_storage_path false
Enable Debugging of API When enabled, the server log will contain traces of all API calls. false enable_api_debug true
Agent Heartbeat Logging Directory Specifies the location where Agent heartbeat requests and responses should be logged, for debugging purposes. If empty, logging is disabled. heartbeat_logging_dir false
Maximum Number of Time-Series Streams Returned Per Heatmap The maximum number of time-series streams returned by a single time-series heatmap query. The default is 10,000 streams. This value can be set higher, but increasing it may negatively impact chart performance and may require more resources be given to the Cloudera Manager Server, Host Monitor, and Service Monitor. 10000 tsquery_heatmap_streams_limit true
Maximum Number of Time-Series Streams Returned Per Scatter Plot The maximum number of time-series streams returned by a single time-series scatter plot. The default is 1000 streams. This value can be set higher, but increasing it may negatively impact chart performance and may require more resources be given to the Cloudera Manager Server, Host Monitor, and Service Monitor. 1000 tsquery_scatter_streams_limit true
Maximum Number Of Time-Series Streams Returned Per Line-Based Chart The maximum number of time-series streams that will be returned by a single time-series query. The default is 250 streams. This value can be set higher, but increasing it may negatively impact chart performance and may require more resources be given to the Cloudera Manager Server, Host Monitor, and Service Monitor. 250 tsquery_streams_limit true
Maximum Number of Time-Series Streams Returned Per Table The maximum number of time-series streams returned in a single time-series table. The default is 2000 streams. This value can be set higher, but increasing it may negatively impact chart performance and may require more resources be given to the Cloudera Manager Server, Host Monitor, and Service Monitor. 2000 tsquery_table_streams_limit true

Custom Service Descriptors

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Enable Local Descriptor Repository When enabled, the server will read custom service descriptors from the local filesystem. true csd_repo_enabled true
Local Descriptor Repository Path Path to the local repository where custom service descriptors are located. /opt/cloudera/csd csd_repo_path true

External Authentication

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Authentication Backend Order The order in which authentication backends are used for authenticating a user. DB_ONLY auth_backend_order true
External Authentication Program Path An external program to use to authenticate users. Username is passed as first command line argument. Password is passed over stdin. Program exit code should be 0 for successful authentication of a regular user, 1 for successful authentication of an admin user, 2 for successful authentication of a limited operator user, 3 for a successful authentication of an operator user, 4 for a successful authentication of a configurator user, and a negative value for failure. A failure description can be printed to stderr. auth_script false
LDAP Administrator Groups A list of LDAP group names. If a user is a member of one of the configured groups, they will be granted admin access upon logging in. ldap_admin_groups false
LDAP Bind User Distinguished Name Distinguished name of the user to bind as for searches. ldap_bind_dn false
LDAP Bind Password Password for the bind user ldap_bind_pw false
LDAP Configurator Groups A list of LDAP group names. If a user is a member of one of the configured groups, they will be granted configurator access upon logging in. ldap_configurator_groups false
LDAP Distinguished Name Pattern For use with non-Active Directory LDAP systems. This is a pattern that will be used to search for the distinguished name of a user during authentication. Use "{0}" to specify where the username should go, e.g. "uid={0},ou=People". ldap_dn_pattern false
LDAP Group Search Base A base distinguished name for searching for groups. ldap_group_search_base false
LDAP Group Search Filter A search filter for finding groups. Typically, this will be (member={0}), where {0} will be replaced by the DN of a successfully authenticated user. ldap_group_search_filter false
LDAP Limited Operator Groups A list of LDAP group names. If a user is a member of one of the configured groups, they will be granted limited operator access upon logging in. ldap_limited_groups false
LDAP Operator Groups A list of LDAP group names. If a user is a member of one of the configured groups, they will be granted operator access upon logging in. ldap_operator_groups false
External Authentication Type The type of external authentication to use. ACTIVE_DIRECTORY ldap_type true
LDAP URL URL of the LDAP server to authenticate against ldap_url false
LDAP User Groups A list of LDAP group names. If a user is not a member of one of the configured groups, they will be prevented from logging into Cloudera Manager. If this is left empty, all LDAP users will be able to log in. ldap_user_groups false
LDAP User Search Base A base distinguished name for searching for users. This may be used as a fallback mechanism if the DN pattern does not match any user. ldap_user_search_base false
LDAP User Search Filter A search filter for finding users. Typically, this will be (uid={0}), where {0} will be replaced by the username that was used at the login screen. ldap_user_search_filter false
Active Directory NT Domain Active Directory NT Domain to authenticate against nt_domain false
SAML Entity Base URL The Base URL used to construct redirect URLs reported in this server's SP metadata. Leave this blank to let the server calculate the base URL itself. saml_entity_base_url false
SAML Entity ID The ID that Cloudera Manager will use to identify itself to the IDP. This value should be unique to this Cloudera Manager installation. clouderaManager saml_entity_id true
Alias of SAML Sign/Encrypt Private Key The alias used to identify the sign/encrypt private key in the SAML keystore. saml_key_alias false
SAML Sign/Encrypt Private Key Password The password for the sign/encrypt private key in the SAML keystore. saml_key_password false
SAML Keystore Password The password for the SAML keystore. saml_keystore_password false
Path to SAML Keystore File The filesystem path to the keystore file containing the SP private key and any necessary public certificates to validate the IDP. saml_keystore_path false
SAML Login URL If your IDP does not support SP-initiated SSO (very uncommon), you will use a separate login URL, outside of Cloudera Manager. Provide that URL here so that Cloudera Manager can use it when a user needs to log in. saml_login_url false
Path to SAML IDP Metadata File The filesystem path to the IDP metadata XML file. saml_metadata_path false
SAML attribute identifier for user role The URN OID that will identify the user's role in the SAML attributes. Only has an effect when 'Attribute' based role assignment is used. urn:oid:2.5.4.11 saml_oid_role true
SAML attribute identifier for user ID The URN OID that will identify the user's ID in the SAML attributes. urn:oid:0.9.2342.19200300.100.1.1 saml_oid_user true
SAML Attribute Values for Roles The values that will appear in the SAML role attribute for each Cloudera Manager role. The first value corresponds to the Administrator role. The second value corresponds to the Read-Only role. The third value corresponds to the Limited Operator role. The fourth value corresponds to the Operator role. The fifth value corresponds to the Configurator role. admin, user, limited, operator, configurator saml_role_map true
SAML Role Assignment Mechanism The mechanism to use for assigning roles to users. 'Attribute' assigns roles based on a SAML attribute. 'Script' assigns roles based on the result of an external script. ATTRIBUTE saml_role_mapper true
Path to SAML Role Assignment Script An external script (or binary) to use to assign roles to SAML users. The username is passed as the first command-line argument. Program exit code should be: 0 for Administrator, 1 for Read-Only, 2 for Limited Operator, 3 for Operator, 4 for Configurator, and a negative value for failure. saml_role_script false
Source of User ID in SAML Response Whether the user ID should be obtained from the SAML response's NameID field or from an attribute ATTRIBUTE saml_user_source true

Kerberos

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Active Directory Account Prefix Prefix used in names while creating accounts in Active Directory. The prefix can be up to 10 characters long and can be set to easily identify accounts used for authentication by CDH processes. Used only if Active Directory KDC is being used for authentication. ad_account_prefix true
Active Directory Suffix Active Directory suffix where all the accounts used by CDH daemons will be created. Used only if Active Directory KDC is being used for authentication. ou=hadoop, DC=hadoop, DC=com ad_kdc_domain true
Active Directory LDAPS Port Port to use for LDAP over SSL when using Active Directory for authentication. 636 ad_ldaps_port true
Custom Kerberos Keytab Retrieval Script Specify the path to a custom script (or executable) to retrieve a Kerberos keytab. The script should take two arguments: a destination file to write the keytab to, and the full principal name to retrieve the key for. If this property is specified, Cloudera Manager will ignore all other properties specified for Kerberos setup. gen_keytab_script false
Active Directory Domain Controller Override If multiple Active Directory Domain Controllers are behind a load-balancer, Cloudera Manager should be provided with address of one of them. Cloudera Manager will then send commands to create accounts to that Domain Controller only. Note: This setting is used only while creating accounts. CDH services will use the value entered in KDC Server Host field only while authenticating. kdc_account_creation_host_override false
KDC Server Host Host where the KDC server is located. kdc kdc_host false
KDC Type Type of KDC being used for authentication in CDH clusters. MIT KDC kdc_type true
DNS Lookup KDC Indicate whether DNS SRV records should be used to locate the KDCs and other servers for a realm, if they are not listed in the krb5.conf information for the realm. dns_lookup_kdc false krb_dns_lookup_kdc true
Kerberos Encryption Types Encryption types supported by KDC. Note: If you want to use AES encryption, make sure you have deployed JCE Unlimited Strength Policy File following the instructions here. rc4-hmac krb_enc_types false
Forwardable Tickets If this flag is true, initial tickets will be forwardable by default, if allowed by the KDC. forwardable true krb_forwardable true
Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for [libdefaults] section of krb5.conf For advanced use only. Any text here will be emitted verbatim in the [libdefaults] section of krb5.conf. krb_libdefaults_safety_valve false
Manage krb5.conf through Cloudera Manager Whether Cloudera Manager should configure and deploy krb5.conf on secure clusters. If this property is not checked, then you must ensure that krb5.conf is deployed on hosts in a secure cluster as well as on Cloudera Manager Server's host. false krb_manage_krb5_conf false
Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for remaining krb5.conf For advanced use only. Cloudera Manager configures only the [libdefaults] and [realms] section of krb5.conf. Any text here will be emitted verbatim after them in krb5.conf. krb_other_safety_valve false
Advanced Configuration Snippet (Safety Valve) for default realm in [realms] section of krb5.conf For advanced use only. Any text here will be emitted verbatim in the [realms] section of krb5.conf for the specified security realm. krb_realms_safety_valve false
Kerberos Renewable Lifetime Default renewable lifetime for initial ticket requests. renew_lifetime 7 day(s) krb_renew_lifetime true
Kerberos Ticket Lifetime Default lifetime for initial ticket requests. ticket_lifetime 1 day(s) krb_ticket_lifetime true
Maximum Renewable Life for Principals Maximum renewable lifetime for Kerberos principals generated by Cloudera Manager. This property is used only if MIT KDC is being used. Set this property to zero if the KDC should provide the maximum renewable lifetime. Note: It is not recommended to have principals with non-renewable tickets because it can prevent Hadoop services from functioning. 5 day(s) max_renew_life true
Kerberos Security Realm The realm to use for Kerberos security. Note: Changing this setting would clear up all existing credentials and keytabs from Cloudera Manager. default_realm HADOOP.COM security_realm true

Monitoring

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Set health status to Bad if the Agent heartbeats fail If an Agent fails to send this number of expected consecutive heartbeats to the Server, a "Bad" health status is assigned to that Agent. 10 time(s) missed_hb_bad true
Set health status to Concerning if the Agent heartbeats fail If an Agent fails to send this number of expected consecutive heartbeats to the Server, a "Concerning" health status is assigned to that Agent. 5 time(s) missed_hb_concerning true

Network

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Proxy Password The basic authentication password for the proxy. parcel_proxy_password false
Proxy Port The port for the proxy server to be used when the Cloudera Manager server accesses the Internet, such as when downloading parcels and uploading diagnostic data. parcel_proxy_port false
Proxy Protocol The protocol to use for the proxy server when the Cloudera Manager Server accesses the Internet, such as when downloading parcels and uploading diagnostic data. HTTP parcel_proxy_protocol true
Proxy Server The proxy server to be used when the Cloudera Manager Server accesses the Internet, such as when downloading parcels and uploading diagnostic data. parcel_proxy_server false
Proxy User The basic authentication user name for the proxy. parcel_proxy_user false

Other

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Allow Usage Data Collection Allows Cloudera to collect usage data, including the use of Google Analytics. true allow_usage_data true
Custom Banner Text The custom banner is used to display a customer specific text in the header area. custom_banner_html false
Custom Header Color The custom header color is used to distinguish different instances of Cloudera Manager. BLACK custom_header_color true
Custom Information Assurance Policy Text An information assurance policy statement that must be agreed to in order for a user to login. custom_ia_policy false
Enable Events Widget Auto-Search When enabled, the Events widget at the bottom of many pages will auto-fire its default search on page load. true events_widget_search_on_load true
Maximum Cluster Count Shown In Full When the number of clusters exceeds this number, only the cluster summary information will be shown on the home page. 2 home_page_full_limit true
System Identifier An identifier for this system, to be included with diagnostic data bundles. default system_identifier true

Parcels

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Automatically Distribute Available Parcels Whether available parcels should be automatically distributed to any cluster that already has parcels of the same product. false distribute_parcels_automatically true
Automatically Download New Parcels Whether new parcels discovered on the remote parcel repository should be automatically downloaded. false download_parcels_automatically true
Cloudera Manager Manages Parcels Whether Cloudera Manager should manage which parcels should be present on all managed hosts. true manages_parcels true
Automatically Downloaded Products If automatic parcel downloading is enabled, the list of products that will be downloaded. CDH parcel_autodownload_products false
Automatically Remove Old Parcels Whether parcels for old versions of an activated product should be removed from a cluster when they are no longer in use. false parcel_cleanup_automatically true
Number of Old Parcel Versions to Retain If automatic removal of old parcels is enabled, the number of old parcels to keep. Any old parcels beyond this value will any be removed. If this is set to zero, no old parcels will be retained. 3 parcel_cleanup_threshold true
Parcel Distribution Rate Limit Per-second rate limit for parcel distribution. The default of 50MiB/second allows for parcel distribution to saturate about half of a Gigabit link. 50 MiB parcel_distribute_rate_limit_kbs_per_second true
Maximum Parcel Uploads Maximum number of concurrent uploads allowed to distribute parcels to individual hosts. The maximum allowed number of concurrent uploads is 50. 10 parcel_max_upload true
Validate Parcel Relations Enforce that parcel dependencies are satisfied and conflicts are prevented when activating parcels. Parcel relations (Depends, Conflicts, and Replaces) can be defined the manifests of parcel repositories. Cloudera Manager can also enforce some default relations if none are defined in the manifest. true parcel_relation_validation true
Local Parcel Repository Path Path to the local package parcel repository from which binaries are served to the Agents. /opt/cloudera/parcel-repo parcel_repo_path true
Create System-Wide Symlinks for Active Parcels Whether system-wide symlinks should be created for the active parcels (for example, /usr/bin/hadoop). true parcel_symlinks true
Parcel Update Frequency How often to check local and remote parcel repositories for new parcels and if any old parcels should be cleaned up. 1 hour(s) parcel_update_freq true
Create Users and Groups, and Apply File Permissions for Parcels Whether a parcel's specified users, groups and file permissions should be applied. This may not be desired if custom users and groups are being used, or if they have to be created externally (eg: in LDAP) true parcel_users_groups_permissions true
Remote Parcel Repository URLs URLs of the remote parcel repositories where Cloudera Manager checks for new parcels. As part of checking for new parcels, the Cloudera Manager sends the ID of the server and the server version to the repository host. http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh5/parcels/latest/, http://archive.cloudera.com/cdh4/parcels/latest/, http://archive.cloudera.com/impala/parcels/latest/, http://archive.cloudera.com/search/parcels/latest/ remote_parcel_repo_urls true
Retain Downloaded Parcel Files Whether downloaded parcel files be kept by Agents after they have been unpacked. Keeping the parcel files consumes additional disk space but allows downloads to be avoided if the parcel ever needs to be unpacked again. true retain_parcels_in_cache true

Performance

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Send Agent heartbeat every The interval between each heartbeat that is sent from Agents to the Server. 15 second(s) heartbeat_interval true

Ports and Addresses

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Agent Port to connect to Server Specify the port for Agents to use to connect to the Server. Must be 1024 or higher. 7182 agent_port true
Cloudera Manager Hostname Override Override to use for Cloudera Manager's hostname. Normally this is determined automatically, but this can be used if InetAddress.getLocalhost() is returning the loopback address. cm_host_name false
HTTP Port for Admin Console Specify the HTTP port to use to access the Server via the Admin Console. Must be 1024 or higher. 7180 http_port true
HTTPS Port for Admin Console Specify the HTTPS port to use to access the Server via the Admin Console. Must be 1024 or higher. 7183 https_port true

Security

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Use TLS Encryption for Agents Select this option to enable TLS encryption between the Server and Agents. false agent_tls true
Keystore Password Specify the password for the keystore. keystore_password false
Path to TLS Keystore File Specify the filesystem path to the directory on the Server host where the keystore file is located. keystore_path false
Use TLS Authentication of Agents to Server Select this option to enable TLS Authentication of Agents to the Server. false need_agent_validation true
HTTP Referer Check Whether to verify "Referer" in HTTP header for state changing requests. This protects against cross-site request forgery, but may need to be turned off if browsers or proxies in your environment do not specify the header. true referer_check true
Allow 'Remember Me' option Whether to allow a user to select 'Remember Me' when logging in. If this is set, the user will not need to log in again for two weeks (unless the server is restarted during that time). If the user chooses 'Remember Me', then the session timeout is ignored. true session_remember_me true
Session Timeout The length of time a user's session can be idle for before the user must log in again. Note that currently logged in users will continue with their old timeout values. 30 minute(s) session_timeout true
Show Stacktraces On Error Pages Control whether stacktraces are shown on error pages. While stacktraces help with debugging, they can sometimes expose sensitive information to a potentially malicious user. true show_stacktraces true
Truststore Password The password for the truststore. truststore_password false
Path to TLS Truststore File The filesystem path to the directory on the Server host where the truststore file is located. truststore_path false
Use TLS Encryption for Admin Console Enable TLS encryption (HTTPS) between the user and the Cloudera Manager Admin Console. When checked, the HTTPS port will be used. false web_tls true

Support

Display Name Description Related Name Default Value API Name Required
Number of Diagnostic Data Bundles to Keep The maximum number of support bundles that will be stored in the diagnostic data bundle directory. A value of -1 indicates no limit. 10 cluster_stats_count false
Scheduled Diagnostic Data Size (MB) Approximate size in MB of scheduled diagnostic data bundle 100 cluster_stats_default_size_mb false
Use HTTPS to Upload Diagnostic Data Whether to use HTTPS to upload diagnostic data bundles instead of the default SCP. Uses proxy settings from the network setting. false cluster_stats_http true
Diagnostic Data Bundle Directory Local path to store diagnostic data bundles. Leave blank to store these bundles for 24 hours. cluster_stats_path false
Scheduled Diagnostic Data Collection Frequency Frequency of automatically collecting diagnostic data and sending to Cloudera support. WEEKLY cluster_stats_schedule true
Scheduled Diagnostic Data Collection Time Time of day to collect and send diagnostic data to Cloudera cluster_stats_start false
Diagnostic Data Temp Directory Local path to assemble diagnostic data bundles. Leave blank to assemble these bundles in your JVM's temp directory. Set this value if you run out of disk space while collecting diagnostic data. cluster_stats_tmp_path false
Send Diagnostic Data to Cloudera Automatically Allows the Server to automatically send diagnostic data when a collection is triggered. true phone_home true
Open latest Help files from the Cloudera website If this option is selected, the Help link opens the latest Help files from the Cloudera web site (requires Internet access from the browser). If not selected, the locally installed Help files, which are not updated after installation, are opened (no Internet access from the browser is required). true using_help_from_ccp true
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