[RANGER-3767] Add text message in HDFS and YARN policy pages to highlight the fallback ACL option

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 3.0.0, 2.4.0
• Component/s: Ranger
• Assignee: Dhaval Rajpara
• Reporter: Dhaval Rajpara
• Created: 18/May/22 03:52
• Updated: 25/Jul/22 18:06
• Resolved: 20/Jun/22 11:47

Description

HDFS and YARN policy pages need to show a text message highlighting the fallback ACL option. By default, fallback is enabled for these components. Showing this message in policy page will allow customers to understand the behavior better and decide.

Message could be something like below.

"By default, fallback to [HDFS|Yarn] ACLs are enabled. If access cannot be determined by Ranger policies, authorization will fall back to [HDFS|Yarn] ACLs. If this behavior needs to be changed, modify [HDFS plugin config|Yarn plugin config]"

Issue Links

• links to: Apache Review Request