Enabling Ranger HDFS plug-in

This topic lists the steps to enable Ranger HDFS plug-in

  1. From the dashboard, click Configs tab > Advanced tab > Advanced ranger-hdfs-plugin-properties, check the box for Enable Ranger for HDFS.
    Ranger Plugin
  2. Save the configuration. The Restart required message is displayed at the top of the page. Click Restart, and select Restart All Affected to restart the HDFS service, and load the new configuration.
    Note: After each step we need to save the config and Restart All Affected for the services requesting for it and load the new configuration.

    After the HDFS restarts, the Ranger plug-in for HDFS is enabled.