ambari Cookbook

This cookbook installs Ambari-server and Ambari-agent in order to provision a cluster with the HDP distribution using the Blueprint API.

Requirements

Supporting (or trying to support) the versions Ambari is supporting.

• RHEL, CentOS, and Oracle Linux 5
• RHEL, CentOS, and Oracle Linux 6
• Suse 11

Usage

ambari::server

Just include ambari::server in your node's run_list:

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[ambari::server]"
  ]
}

ambari::agent

Just include ambari::agent in your node's run_list (alll the nodes of your cluster):

The Ambari Server will be automatically detected, but you can override this detection using the attribute node['ambari']['server']['fdqn'].

{
  "name":"my_node",
  "run_list": [
    "recipe[ambari::agent]"
  ]
}

ambari::server

Include ambari::blueprints in your node's run_list. Then configure the blueprints attributes listed below.

Main Attributes

Key	Description	Default
node['ambari']['rhel_5_repo']	URL for the RHEL 5.x repository	http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/centos5/1.x/updates/1.6.0/ambari.repo
node['ambari']['rhel_6_repo']	URL for the RHEL 6.x repository	http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/centos6/1.x/updates/1.6.0/ambari.repo
node['ambari']['suse_11_repo']	URL for the Suse 11.x repository	http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/suse11/1.x/updates/1.6.0/ambari.repo
node['ambari']['server_fdqn']	FQDN for the Ambari server	Found by searching a node using the recipe ambari::server in the same environment

Blueprints Attributes

Key	Description
node['ambari']['blueprints']['blueprint_name']	Name of the cluster's blueprint
node['ambari']['blueprints']['blueprint_json']	JSON description of the Blueprint. See a single-node example here : https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Blueprints#Blueprints-ExampleBlueprint
node['ambari']['blueprints']['cluster_name']	Cluster's name
node['ambari']['blueprints']['cluster_json']	JSON template for the Cluster. See a single-node example here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AMBARI/Blueprints#Blueprints-ExampleClusterCreationTemplate

Contributing

If you wish to contribute on this cookbook:

1. Fork the repository on Github
2. Create a named feature branch (like add_component_x)
3. Write your change
4. Write tests for your change (if applicable)
5. Run the tests, ensuring they all pass
6. Submit a Pull Request using Github

License and Authors

Author: Julien Pellet

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at

http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.