Linux-UNIX: Configure the Ranger plugins using Ambari

Use this procedure to enable Ranger plug-ins for the Hadoop components you want to monitor. Refer to Hortonworks documentation for more details as needed or if you need to enable auditing on a non-Ambari cluster.

Procedure

  1. In Ambari, log in as the administrator. Go to Ranger > Configs > Ranger Plugin and enable the relevant Ranger plugins (HDFS, Hive, Kafka, HBase, Storm, Solr.
  2. Create repositories for all the components to be audited.
  3. Restart Ranger and the components.
  4. Ensure Ranger auditing is turned on for each component’s Ranger policies. By default, they are enabled, but you can verify in the Ranger console.