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Knox

To enable the Ranger Knox plugin on a Kerberos-enabled cluster, perform the steps described below.

  1. Create the system (OS) user rangerknoxlookup. Make sure this user is synced to Ranger Admin (under Settings>Users/Groups tab in the Ranger Admin UI).

  2. Create a Kerberos principal for rangerknoxlookup by entering the following command:

    • kadmin.local -q 'addprinc -pw rangerknoxlookup rangerknoxlookup@example.com

  3. Navigate to the Knox service.

  4. Click the Config tab and navigate to advanced ranger-knox-plugin-properties.

  5. Update the following properties with the values listed in the table below.

    Table 3.22. Knox Plugin Properties

    Configuration Property NameValue
    Ranger service config userrangerknoxlookup@example.com
    Ranger service config passwordrangerknoxlookup
    common.name.for.certificateblank


  6. After updating these properties, click Save and then restart the Knox service.

  7. Open the Ranger Admin UI by entering the following information:

    • http://ranger-host>:6080

    • username/password - admin/admin. or use username as shown in advanced ranger-env under the Config tab of the Ranger service, and password as shown in Admin Settings.

  8. After you have successfully logged into the system, you will be redirected to the Access Manager page.

    Figure 3.6. Service Manager


  9. Click the repository (clusterName_hadoop) Edit option under the HDFS box.

  10. Update the following properties listed in the table below under the Config Properties section:

    Table 3.23. Knox Configuration Properties

    Configuration Property NameValue
    fs.default.namehdfs
    hadoop.rpc.protectionblank
    common.name.for.certificateblank


  11. Click Named Test Connection. You should see a Connected Successfully dialog box appears.

  12. Click Save.