Install and configure S-TAPs

Install and configure S-TAPs for Ranger integration.

Before you begin

Review Planning the integration with Hortonworks and Apache Ranger for information about S-TAP requirements and deployment options.

Install S-TAPs and enable them for the Ranger integration. You may need more than one S-TAP to handle the traffic, for example configure one S-TAP on the name node for HDFS, Hive and Kafka traffic and one S-TAP on the HBASE master node for all HBase traffic.
Configure guard_tap.ini for auditing.
1. Open guard_tap.ini in a text editor. You must edit the file directly, as there is no UI or GIM support for these settings.
2. Add the parameters listed below. Update the values to reflect you
```
; Settings for log4j 
logging log4j_reader_enabled=1 
log4j_port=5555
log4j_listen_address=0.0.0.0 
; Maximum number of connections to support from the log4j service
log4j_num_connections=50
```
3. Restart the S-TAP after updating any settings.