Knox Topology Management in Cloudera Manager
In CDP Private Cloud, you can manage Apache Knox topologies via Cloudera Manager using
cdp-proxy
and cdp-proxy-api
.
Shared providers
The Cloudera Manager configurations where the
cdp-proxy
and
cdp-proxy-api
topologies can be managed are:- Knox Simplified Topology Management -
cdp-proxy
- Knox Simplified Topology Management -
cdp-proxy-api
- The SSO authentication provider is used by the UIs using the Knox SSO capabilities, such as the Admin and Home Page UIs.
- The API authentication provider is used by predefined topologies, such as
admin
,metadata
orcdp-proxy-api
. - You can add or modify new or existing shared provider configurations.
- You can save aliases using a new Knox Gateway command.
Services
You can enable or disable known or custom services in Knox proxy via Cloudera Manager.
There are two kinds of services in cdp-proxy:
- Known: officially-supported Knox services. Cloudera Manager provides and manages all the required service definition files.
- Custom: unofficial, tech preview, or community feature Knox services. You must supply
the service definition files (
service.xml
andrewrite.xml
) exist in the KNOX_DATA_DIR/services folder. These are not recommended for production environments, and not supported by Cloudera.
Service parameters
You can add, modify, or remove custom service parameters in Knox proxy via Cloudera Manager.