Installation Steps for Ranger-Admin

1. Untar the ranger-<verison>-admin.tar.gz

   -> tar zxf ranger-<version>-admin.tar.gz

   
   

2. Change directory to ranger-<version>-admin

   -> cd ranger-<version>-admin

    

3. Edit install.properties (Enter appropriate values for the below given properties)

1. db_root_user= db_root_password= db_host= db_name= db_user= db_password= policymgr_external_url=http://<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>:6080 authentication_method=UNIX or LDAP or AD spnego_principal=HTTP/<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>@<REALM> spnego_keytab=<HTTP keytab path> token_valid=30 cookie_domain=<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster> cookie_path=/ admin_principal=rangeradmin/<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>@<REALM> admin_keytab=<rangeradmin keytab path> lookup_principal=rangerlookup/<FQDN_OF_Ranger_Admin_Cluster>@<REALM> lookup_keytab=<rangerlookup keytab path> hadoop_conf=/etc/hadoop/conf

   Note:

1.  If kerberos server and admin are on different host then copy the keytab on admin host and assign permission to “ranger” user

    

   • scp the rangeradmin keytab file to the respective path of another host

   • chown ranger <rangeradmin keytab path>

   • chmod 400 <rangeradmin keytab path>

   
   

2. Run setup

   -> ./setup.sh

   
   

3. Start Ranger admin server
   -> ./ranger-admin-services.sh start