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Cloudera Administration Handbook

You're reading from   Cloudera Administration Handbook A complete, hands-on guide to building and maintaining large Apache Hadoop clusters using Cloudera Manager and CDH5

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783558964
Length 254 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Rohit Menon Rohit Menon
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Table of Contents (11) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Apache Hadoop 2. HDFS and MapReduce FREE CHAPTER 3. Cloudera's Distribution Including Apache Hadoop 4. Exploring HDFS Federation and Its High Availability 5. Using Cloudera Manager 6. Implementing Security Using Kerberos 7. Managing an Apache Hadoop Cluster 8. Cluster Monitoring Using Events and Alerts 9. Configuring Backups Index

Introducing Cloudera Manager

Cloudera Manager is a web-browser-based administration tool to manage Apache Hadoop clusters. It is the centralized command center to operate the entire cluster from a single interface. Using Cloudera Manager, the administrator gets visibility for each and every component in the cluster.

A few of the important features of Cloudera Manager are listed as follows:

  • It provides an easy-to-use web interface to install and upgrade CDH across the cluster.
  • Each node in the cluster can be assigned roles and can be configured accordingly. It allows the starting and stopping of services across all nodes from a single web interface.
  • It provides complete information for each node, for example, CPU, memory disk, and network statuses.

Cloudera Manager is available in the following two editions:

  • Cloudera Manager Standard (free)
  • Cloudera Manager Enterprise (licensed)

Cloudera Manager Standard Edition, though free, is a feature packed tool that can be used to deploy and manage Apache...

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