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Downloading and Installing SmartSense Binary

If you want to use SmartSense 1.4.x with Ambari version 2.4.x, you must first download it from the Tools tab of the Hortonworks support portal (https://support.hortonworks.com).

To install SmartSense, follow these steps:

  1. Install the SmartSense package on the Ambari server host:

    • RHEL, CentOS, or SLES:

      # rpm -ivh smartsense-hst-$HST_VERSION.x86_64.rpm
    • Debian or Ubuntu:

      # dpkg -i smartsense-hst_$HST_VERSION.deb
  2. Add SmartSense service to Ambari by running hst add-to-ambari.

    # hst add-to-ambari
    Enter SmartSense distributable path: /root/smartsense-hst-$HST_VERSION.x86_64.rpm
    Added SmartSense service definition to Ambari
    
    NOTE: It is required to restart Ambari Server for changes to reflect. Please restart ambari using 'ambari-server restart'
  3. Restart Ambari server by running ambari-server restart.

After you complete this task, you should read HST Server Placement, Activity Analyzer Placement, and follow the steps in Installing SmartSense with Ambari