Build and install Ambari 1.5.0
Step 1: Download and build Ambari 1.5.0 source
wget http://www.apache.org/dist/ambari/ambari-1.5.0/ambari-1.5.0.tar.gz tar xfvz ambari-1.5.0.tar.gz cd ambari-1.5.0 mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=1.5.0 mvn -B clean install package rpm:rpm -DnewVersion=1.5.0 -DskipTests -Dpython.ver="python >= 2.6"
Note: You need to have tools such as rpm-build tool, brunch, etc. For details on prerequisites, please see Ambari Development.
Step 2: Install Ambari Server
Install the rpm package from ambari-server/target/rpm/ambari-server/RPMS/noarch/
[For CentOS 5 or 6]
yum install ambari-server*.rpm #This should also pull in postgres packages as well.
[For SLES 11]
zypper install ambari-server*.rpm #This should also pull in postgres packages as well.
Step 3: Setup and Start Ambari Server
Run the setup command to configure your Ambari Server, Database, JDK, LDAP, and other options:
ambari-server setup
Follow the on-screen instructions to proceed.
Once set up is done, start Ambari Server:
ambari-server start
Step 4: Install and Start Ambari Agent on All Hosts
Note: This step needs to be run on all hosts that will be managed by Ambari.
Copy the rpm package from ambari-agent/target/rpm/ambari-agent/RPMS/x86_64/ and run:
[For CentOS 5 or 6]
yum install ambari-agent*.rpm
[For SLES 11]
zypper install ambari-agent*.rpm
Edit /etc/ambari-agent/ambari.ini
... [server] hostname=localhost ...
Make sure hostname under the [server] section points to the actual Ambari Server host, rather than "localhost".
ambari-agent start
Step 5: Deploy Cluster using Ambari Web UI
Open up a web browser and go to http://<ambari-server-host>:8080.
Log in with username admin and password admin and follow on-screen instructions.