The difference is huge. From Hortonworks, you can install packages using your package manager. Building and deploying from Maven is not a light undertaking. I’ve done it a couple times out of obstinance and stubbornness just to say I had. I was eventually successful but I wouldn’t want to do it again.
From: Reed Villanueva <rvillanu...@ucera.org> Sent: Friday, November 1, 2019 3:03 PM To: user@ambari.apache.org Subject: [EXTERNAL]Difference between installing from Apache vs Hortonworks Is there a difference between installing ambari via the apache docs<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcwiki.apache.org%2Fconfluence%2Fdisplay%2FAMBARI%2FInstallation%2BGuide%2Bfor%2BAmbari%2B2.7.3&data=02%7C01%7CDale.Preston%40conocophillips.com%7C6afbf2f6a9384b4a202008d75f09bd49%7Cb449db5ea80a48eba4c23c88bb78353b%7C0%7C0%7C637082367779801165&sdata=IdI5aWHqqlMYdRHoARp9VZG2yrwk3PlKFWWobZ2bRi0%3D&reserved=0> vs Hortonworks docs<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.cloudera.com%2FHDPDocuments%2FAmbari-2.7.4.0%2Fbk_ambari-installation%2Fcontent%2Fdownload_the_ambari_repo_lnx7.html&data=02%7C01%7CDale.Preston%40conocophillips.com%7C6afbf2f6a9384b4a202008d75f09bd49%7Cb449db5ea80a48eba4c23c88bb78353b%7C0%7C0%7C637082367779811161&sdata=maBF6Ne1g5FLapNQ9KtNrRN%2FGO6wmaizEV6kLJNjOWk%3D&reserved=0>? I assume that the end result is exactly the same since Hortonworks labels the distribution in the docs as "Apache" and the repo they instruct to add uses apache.org<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapache.org&data=02%7C01%7CDale.Preston%40conocophillips.com%7C6afbf2f6a9384b4a202008d75f09bd49%7Cb449db5ea80a48eba4c23c88bb78353b%7C0%7C0%7C637082367779811161&sdata=eEJBH87k2r4eQDk5KZI14nklBCRsS13ORS%2BDJ%2Fel2UI%3D&reserved=0> as the package URL: [root@HW001 ~]# yum info ambari-server Installed Packages Name : ambari-server Arch : x86_64 Version : 2.7.3.0 Release : 139 Size : 418 M Repo : installed From repo : ambari-2.7.3.0 Summary : Ambari Server URL : http://www.apache.org<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apache.org&data=02%7C01%7CDale.Preston%40conocophillips.com%7C6afbf2f6a9384b4a202008d75f09bd49%7Cb449db5ea80a48eba4c23c88bb78353b%7C0%7C0%7C637082367779811161&sdata=RfXFC7r0uVyvnJgjTHtYRsUe2IBeo10P4Ho53bSg8iI%3D&reserved=0> License : (c) Apache Software Foundation Description : Maven Recipe: RPM Package. However, the installation instructions that the ambari project site links to are different and only involve building from source via maven (and seem to nowhere mention installation options via package manager), so gives me pause as to whether these are exactly the same. Could anyone with more experience here explain this a bit more to me? This electronic message is intended only for the named recipient, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank you.
