Hdfs Plugin request is not being shown in Audit > Plugins tab. I followed
all steps and verified with your steps. Restarted namenode but still can't
see any plugin request

On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 12:03 AM, Aneela Saleem <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thank you so much Bosco. I created JIRA for this. Can be found here
> <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/RANGER-582>
>
> Let me try UserSync, then i will approach yyou in case of any problem.
>
> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:28 PM, Don Bosco Durai <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>  Good. I already typed it, so let me paste it for the benefit of others.
>> We need to update the doc also. If you don’t mind, can you create a JIRA to
>> track this?
>>
>>    1. Go to RangerAdmin UI -> AccessManager (first menu tab is already
>>    opened by default)
>>    2. Click on “+” in the HDFS panel title
>>    3. Enter Service Name: e.g. “${cluster_name}_hdfs. Cluster name could
>>    be anything. You can call the repo “test_hdfs” if you want to
>>    4. UserName: ranger  (doesn’t matter whether it exists because you
>>    are not using kerberos)
>>    5. Password: ranger (doesn’t matter what you give)
>>    6. Namenode URL: hdfs://<namenode_host>:8020
>>    7. Authorization Enabled: No
>>    8. Authentication Type: Simple
>>    9. Rest you can leave it as default.
>>
>> Save this screen. Then use the same name e.g “test_hdfs” in your
>> install.properties for enabling Ranger in HDFS. Then restart namenode.
>>
>>  Is the plugin request showing up in the Audit->Plugin tab?
>>
>>  If the plugin is showing up, then that means authorization and auditing
>> is already working.
>>
>>  For configuring policies, we need to configure UserSync. The
>> install/configure process is same for all processes. You need to update the
>> install.properties with the appropriate values.
>> Set  SYNC_SOURCE = ldap
>> And check the section "Table: LDAP/AD Properties with sample values” for
>> reference values.
>>
>>  Please note that for using LDAP within Hadoop, you need to configure
>> Hadoop core-site.xml to use LDAP. You might be already knowing it. Just
>> want to make sure.
>>
>>  Thanks
>>
>>  Bosco
>>
>>
>>   From: Aneela Saleem <[email protected]>
>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <
>> [email protected]>
>> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 11:13 AM
>>
>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: Error Setting up Ranger-Admin
>>
>>   Luckily i have created the service myself. Thanks for your timely
>> help.
>>
>>  Can you please tell me now what should be the next step. I want to
>> explore all the functionality i.e.,
>>
>>  sync LDAP contacts
>> perform authorization etc
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 11:07 PM, Aneela Saleem <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> There are no errors in NameNode logs.
>>>
>>>  Can you please tell me how to create service/repo using Ranger Admin?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:48 PM, Don Bosco Durai <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  Yes, this is link I was about to redirect you to.
>>>>
>>>>  Sorry, I might have assumed incorrectly on your initial question.
>>>> ./setup.sh is called only for installing RangerAdmin. Good it seems you
>>>> have made progress on installing RangerAdmin.
>>>>
>>>>  I also assume, your ./enable-hdfs-plugin.sh went through fine.
>>>>
>>>>  Looking into the Apache Ranger document, it seems it doesn’t
>>>> explicitly call out to create a repo/service for HDFS in RangerAdmin. In
>>>> the install.properties for HDFS, what value have you given for the property
>>>> “REPOSITORY_NAME”? You need to create a service/repo in RangerAdmin
>>>> with the same name.
>>>>
>>>>  Also, after you restart HDFS namenode, can you check the namenode
>>>> logs for any error?
>>>>
>>>>  Thanks
>>>>
>>>>  Bosco
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>   From: Aneela Saleem <[email protected]>
>>>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 10:16 AM
>>>>
>>>> To: "[email protected]" <
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>> Subject: Re: Error Setting up Ranger-Admin
>>>>
>>>>   And i'm using following link for installation:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Apache+Ranger+0.5.0+Installation
>>>>
>>>>  I'm upto *Enabling Ranger HDFS Plugins *section (e)
>>>>
>>>>    - You can verify by logging into the Ranger Admin Web interface ­>
>>>>    Audit > Agents.
>>>>    -
>>>>
>>>>    You can verify the plugin is communicating to Ranger admin in
>>>>    Audit-­>plugins tab
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  where i don't see any audits ensuring hdfs plugin is communicating to
>>>> Ranger Admin.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Aneela Saleem <[email protected]
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm planning to secure HDFS and i'm using Knox for authentication
>>>>> using REST API.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Yes i'm still able to access the RangerAdmin UI. I'm just curious
>>>>> how to sync LDAP contacts in APache Ranger.
>>>>>
>>>>>  Secondly if the document is related to 0.4 and i'm linked with 0.5,
>>>>> then how should i proceed? Do you have any fruitful link, i should follow?
>>>>> (being a novice)
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 10:04 PM, Don Bosco Durai <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>  Aneela
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  The document you linked is for Apache Ranger 0.4. There subtle
>>>>>> changes in Apache Ranger 0.5.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Just curious, how you were able to access RangerAdmin UI? Did the
>>>>>> installation continued after the install failure?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Also, can you give additional information of your env? I can try
>>>>>> reproducing it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Also, which components are you planning secure? (HDFS, Hive, Hbase,
>>>>>> Solr, YARN, Storm, etc)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Bosco
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   From: Aneela Saleem <[email protected]>
>>>>>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <
>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>> Date: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 5:19 AM
>>>>>> To: "[email protected]" <
>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: Error Setting up Ranger-Admin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   And secondly my Ranger UI does not Match the UI as shown in the
>>>>>> following link:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://pivotalhd.docs.pivotal.io/docs/ranger-user-guide.html#Item1.4.2
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  There is no Policy Manager Tab and no Manage Repository Thing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Aneela Saleem <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Bosco,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  I did as you suggested but still getting same error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 28, 2015 at 4:49 AM, Don Bosco Durai <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  The properties file looks good..
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I am not sure whether it is because of python 2.7. Is it possible
>>>>>>>> for you to use python 2.6?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Try changing the below to where 2.6 is installed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  PYTHON_COMMAND_INVOKER=python
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Bosco
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   From: Aneela Saleem <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Reply-To: "[email protected]" <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Date: Monday, July 27, 2015 at 2:02 PM
>>>>>>>> To: "[email protected]" <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]>
>>>>>>>> Subject: Error Setting up Ranger-Admin
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>   Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I have followed this link
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Apache+Ranger+0.5.0+Installation
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  But when i run *./setupsh, *i get the following error at the end:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>>>>>>   File "update_property.py", line 40, in <module>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> write_properties_to_xml(ranger_admin_site_xml_path,parameter_name,parameter_value)
>>>>>>>>   File "update_property.py", line 21, in write_properties_to_xml
>>>>>>>>     if(os.path.isfile(xml_path)):
>>>>>>>>   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/genericpath.py", line 29, in isfile
>>>>>>>>     st = os.stat(path)
>>>>>>>> TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType
>>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>>> 2015-07-28 01:38:57,308  [E] Update property failed for:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Attached is the *install.proprties* file.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  I'm new to Apache Knox, can anyone please guide me. I'm having
>>>>>>>> troubles in installing Apache Ranger.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>  Thanks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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