All - A new candidate (rc4) for the Apache Knox 0.9.0 release is available at:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/knox/knox-0.9.0/ The release candidate is a zip archive of the sources in: https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/knox.git Branch v0.9.0 (git checkout -b v0.9.0) The KEYS file for signature validation is available at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/knox/KEYS The driving usecases for the 0.9.0 release have been defined as the following: 1. SSO participation by applications like Ranger and Ambari while being proxied through the gateway. 2. Authentication natively done by Ranger and Ambari applications while being proxied through Knox. 3. the usecase of a custom application like the Knoxplorer sample can now be hosted by Knox and this needs to be covered and tested with KnoxSSO. 4. Default Knox authentication with form based application as KnoxSSO IDP. 5. any additional API support and various features and improvements. For testing KnoxSSO for Ambari with Default IDP (form-based authentication): https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KNOX/Ambari+via+KnoxSSO+and+Default+IDP For testing new applications that are hosted on Knox and consuming Hadoop REST APIs with KnoxSSO: https://github.com/lmccay/knoxplorer2 Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Knox 0.9.0. The vote is open for the next 72 hours and passes if a majority of at least three +1 Apache Knox PMC votes are cast. [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Knox 0.9.0 [ ] -1 Do not release this package because... thanks, --larry
