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  1. Create the view instance.

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    POST /api/v1/views/FILES/versions/0.1.0/instances/MyFiles

[ {
"ViewInstanceInfo" : {
    "properties" : {
      "dataworker.defaultFs" : "webhdfs://your.namenode.host:50070"
    }
  }
} ]

201 - CREATED
    Info

    When creating your view instance, be sure to provide all required view instance properties, otherwise you will receive a 500 with a message explaining the properties that are required.

  2. Restart Ambari Server to pick-up the view instance and UI resources.

    Code Block
    ambari-server restart

  3. Confirm the newly created view instance is available.

    Code Block
    GET /api/v1/views/FILES/

{
  "href" : "http://c6401.ambari.apache.org:8080/api/v1/views/FILES/versions/0.1.0/",
  "ViewVersionInfo" : {
    "archive" : "/var/lib/ambari-server/resources/views/work/FILES{0.1.0}",
    "label" : "Files",
    "masker_class" : null,
    "parameters" : [
      {
        "name" : "dataworker.defaultFs",
        "description" : "FileSystem URI",
        "required" : true,
        "masked" : false
      },
      {
        "name" : "dataworker.username",
        "description" : "The username (defaults to ViewContext username)",
        "required" : false,
        "masked" : false
      }
    ],
    "version" : "0.1.0",
    "view_name" : "FILES"
  },
  "permissions" : [ ],
  "instances" : [
    {
      "href" : "http://c6401.ambari.apache.org:8080/api/v1/views/FILES/versions/0.1.0/instances/MyFiles",
      "ViewInstanceInfo" : {
        "instance_name" : "MyFiles",
        "version" : "0.1.0",
        "view_name" : "FILES"
      }
    }
  ]
}

  4. Browse to the view instance directly.

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    http://127.0.0.1:8080c6401.ambari.apache.org:8080/views/FILES/0.1.0/MyFiles/

or

http://c6401.ambari.apache.org:8080/#/main/views/FILES/0.1.0/MyFiles