Cloudera Install Guide

This guide explains how to install Cloudera Manager, CDH and MIT Kerberos. Cloudera Manager 5 supports managing CDH 4 and CDH 5.

Cloudera Manager Requirements

• Supported Operating Systems

  • RHEL-compatible systems
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 5.7, 64-bit
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 6.4, 64-bit
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 6.4 in SE Linux Mode
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux and CentOS 6.5, 64-bit
    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 5.6 (UEK R2), 64-bit
    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.4 (UEK R2), 64-bit
    • Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.5 (UEK R2, UEK R3), 64-bit

• Supported JDK Versions

  • Cloudera Manager supports Oracle JDK 1.7.0_55 when it's managing CDH 5.x

• Supported Browsers

  • Firefox 24 or 31
  • Google Chrome
  • Internet Explorer 9 or later
  • Safari 5 or later

• Supported Databases

  • MySQL - 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 5.6
  • Oracle 11gR2
  • PostgreSQL - 8.4, 9.1, and 9.2

• Resource Requirements

  • Disk Space
    • Cloudera Manager Server
      • 5 GB on the partition hosting /var.
      • 500 MB on the partition hosting /usr.
      • In the local parcel repository on the Cloudera Manager Server the approximate sizes of the various parcels are as follows:
        • CDH 4.6 - ~700 MB per parcel, CDH 5 - ~1 GB per parcel
        • Impala - ~200 MB per parcel
        • Solr - ~ 400 MB per parcel
    • Cloudera Management Service - The Host Monitor and Service Monitor databases are stored on the partition hosting /var. Ensure that you have at least 20 GB available on this partition. For further information, see Data Storage for Monitoring Data.
    • Agents - On Agent hosts each unpacked parcel requires about three times the space of the downloaded parcel on the Cloudera Manager Server. By default unpacked parcels are located in /opt/cloudera/parcels.
  • RAM - 4 GB is appropriate for most cases, and is required when using Oracle databases.
  • Python - Cloudera Manager uses Python. All supported operating systems contain a Python version 2.4 or higher. Cloudera Manager and CDH 4 require at least Python 2.4, but Hue in CDH 5 requires Python 2.6 or 2.7.

Follow the steps documented here