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First release as a separate project

• Bump Grafana to 9.3.2
• Use BIGTOP provided hadoop, hbase, phoenix tarballs instead of HDP's

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12352965

https://github.com/apache/ambari-metrics/releases/tag/release-3.0.0

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12344243

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.7.3

Maintenance Release for Ambari 2.7

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12343641

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.7.1

• The Ambari UI, Ambari Server, and Ambari Agent have been significantly reworked to more efficiently handle large cluster management
• In order to more efficiently manage large clusters, the AMS schema has been updated, and metric aggregation has been improved.
• Updated default configurations, and configuration recommendations to ensure AMS is tuned well out of the box.
• Added support for easily adding and managing new HDFS namespaces.
• Added support for managing ViewFS mount table configuration.
• Added FreeIPA as a supported KDC implementation.
• Added support for a new Isilon Management Pack that can be used to easily install HDP on an existing Isilon OneFS implementation.
• Ambari Infra Solr now uses Solr 7.
• Amazon Linux is now a supported deployment platform.
• Commonly customized properties are now confgurable all in one place during the installation, making it much easier to quickly configure your installation.
• Added the ability for teams to quickly see who initiated operations like Add Service, Add Host, Enable HA, etc.
• Added the ability for teams to quickly see who performed operations like restarting services, etc.
• Made it easier to find hosts when adding services to a large cluster with many components deployed to it.
• Added the ability to bulk add and delete components to multiple hosts.
• Added the ability to delete hosts in bulk.
• Created a new API portal in the Ambari Server to quickly understand and try out the Ambari API. Navigate to http://ambari.server:8080/api-docs to view the portal.
• Made it easer to setup SSO for Ambari, Atlas, and Ranger.

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12342691

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.7.0

• Protecting Zeppelin Notebook SSL credentials
• Setting appropriate HTTP headers for using Cloud Object Stores with HDP

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12342304

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.6.2

• Conditionally Install LZO packages through Ambari (AMBARI-22457)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12341944

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.6.1

• Ambari Metrics System - Distributed mode with multiple Collectors (General Availability) (AMBARI-15901)
• Improvements in Host Recovery (Restart only), moving Masters with minimum impact and scale testing (AMBARI-21898, AMBARI-21929, AMBARI-21834)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12341255

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.6.0

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12340256

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.5.1

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12340370

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.4.3  

• LLAP GA support via Ambari (AMBARI-18901)
• Ambari authentication with Kerberos token (AMBARI-18364)
• Support Offline Stack Upgrades In a Cluster (AMBARI-18634)
• Ambari Metrics System Distributed mode - multiple Collectors (Tech Preview) (AMBARI-15901)
• Service Auto Start support in Ambari (AMBARI-2330)
• Ambari scale testing on 2500 Agents (AMBARI-18731)
• Single API to download all client configs (AMBARI-19275)
• Support topN user and operations visualization for HDFS in AMS-Grafana (AMBARI-19320)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/AMBARI/versions/12336060

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.5.0

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12338230

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.4.2

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12335513

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.4.1

2.4.0

^{What's New}

Core Features

• Log Search Technical Preview (AMBARI-14927)
• Alert Retry Check Counts (AMBARI-15686)
• New Host Page Filtering (AMBARI-15210)
• Customizable Ambari Log + PID Directories (AMBARI-15300)
• Role-Based Access Control (AMBARI-13977)
• Remove Service (AMBARI-14759)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12334239

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.4.0

• Additional Express Upgrade packs (AMBARI-13407)
• Export Metrics Widget Graphs (AMBARI-13313)
• User Timezones (AMBARI-13293)
• Selectable Dashboard Time Range (AMBARI-13331)

• Alerts: Customizable WEB Timeout (AMBARI-14788)
• Bulk Re-Install Failed Components (AMBARI-14731)
• AMS + Grafana (AMBARI-14892)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12334712

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.2.2

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12334307

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.2.1

2.2.0

^{What's New}

December 2015

Core Features

• Express Upgrade (AMBARI-13407)
• Export Metrics Widget Graphs (AMBARI-13313)
• User Timezones (AMBARI-13293)
• Selectable Dashboard Time Range (AMBARI-13331)

Security Features

• Ambari Web Inactivity Timeout (AMBARI-13419)

• Manage KDC Admin Credentials (AMBARI-13449)

Blueprints API (Tech Preview

• Ranger (AMBARI-13421)
• Kerberos (AMBARI-13431)
• Stack Advisor Recommendations (AMBARI-13487)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12333548

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.2.0

October 2015

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12333036

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.1.2

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12332820

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.1.1

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12332747

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.0.2

2.1.0

_{What's New}

Core Platform

• Update Ambari OS Support (AMBARI-9791)
• Update Ambari JDK support (AMBARI-9784)
• Enhanced Configs (AMBARI-9794)
• Customizable Dashboard (AMBARI-9792)
• Rack Awareness (AMBARI-6646)

Ambari Stacks: HDP

• NFS Gateway (AMBARI-9224)
• Accumulo (AMBARI-5265, AMBARI-1930)

User Views

• Deliver set of contrib Views (AMBARI-9817)

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12328677

https://github.com/apache/ambari/releases/tag/release-2.1.0

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12329847

2.0.0

^{What's New}

Core Platform

• Ambari Alerts (AMBARI-6354)
• Ambari Metrics System (AMBARI-5707)
• Rolling Upgrade (AMBARI-8146)
• Automated Cluster Upgrades (AMBARI-7804)
  
• Automated Kerberization (AMBARI-7204)

Ambari Blueprints

• "Add Hosts" Blueprints API support (AMBARI-6275)

Ambari Stacks

• Service Inheritance (AMBARI-7175)
• Common Services (AMBARI-7201)

1.7.0

^{What's New}

• Ubuntu support
• Ambari Views framework
• Ambari Administration
  • Management of users/groups
  • Management of view instances
  • Management of cluster permissions
• Cancel/Abort background operation requests
• New Host Check: THP (Transparent Huge Pages)
• Download Service client configs
• Expose Ambari UI for config versioning, history and rollback
• Ability to manage -env.sh configuration files
• Ability to set configuration properties as <final>
• Migration "Jobs" tab into a "Jobs View" (e.g deliver as part of Views framework)

Ambari Stacks

• Recommendations and validations (via a "Stack Advisor")

Ambari Blueprints

• Export service configurations via Blueprint

Capabilities specific to HDP Stacks

• Install + Manage Flume
• Capacity Scheduler queue refresh
• HDFS Rebalance (AMBARI-5934)
• Delete ZooKeeper Server host component
• ResourceManager HA

1.6.1

_{What's New}

• New Host Checks
• Database Connection Test
• Simplified JDBC Driver Setup
• Stack Repository Mgmt via Ambari Web
• Bug Fixes

1.6.0

_{What's New}

• Add support for PostgreSQL DB (Ambari, Oozie, Hive Metastore)
• Ambari Blueprints

• Add support for HDP 2.1 Stack

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12325021

1.5.0

_{What's New}

• Maintenance Mode
• Rolling Restarts
• Bulk Host Operations
• Service and Component Restarts
• Decommission TTs, NMs, RSs
• Add Service
• Customize ZooKeeper Configs
• Refresh Client Configs
• Default JDK 7

• Bug fixes

1.4.3

^{What's New}

• Configuration Groups
• Staged Configuration Changes
• Ambari DB MySQL support

1.4.2

^{What's New}

• Reassign masters
  • NameNode
  • Secondary NameNode
  • ResourceManager
  • JobTracker
• HBase Multi-Master
• Simplified local repository setup
• Better host controls
  • Start/stop all host components
  • Delete host
  • Add clients to existing hosts
• Background Operations dialog off option

1.4.1

^{What's New}

• Hadoop-2 stack support
  • YARN
  • MapReduce2
• Enable NameNode HA
• Add ZooKeeper servers

1.2.5

^{What's New}

• Manage Kerberos secure cluster
• Security Enhancements
  • Setup Ambari server HTTPS
  • Master Key property encryption
  • Optional server-agent SSL communication
  • Optional Ganglia and Nagios SSL
• Customize Dashboard widgets
• Improved service controls
  • Start/stop all services
  • Better service status indicators
• Expanded host checks during install
• Ambari server can run as non-root users as well

1.2.4

^{What's New}

• Sudoer user ability for Ambari agent SSH
• Hive Metastore Oracle DB support
• Oozie Oracle DB and MySQL DB support
• Ambari DB Oracle support
• Customizable user accounts
  • Nagios
  • Smoke test user
• Stack selection page during install

1.2.3

^{What's New}

• Ability to add/remove custom configs (including core-site.xml)
• New heatmap metrics
  • Host CPU Wait I/O %
  • HBase RegionServer Metrics
• Mixed OS support
  • CentOS can be mixed with RHEL. (Version 5 and 6 can be mixed)
• Add host components
• Filter hosts by status
• Customizable Ganglia user account
• Customizable Hive Metastore Log and PID directories