Major Description
1)Go to RangerAdmin UI -> AccessManager (first menu tab is already opened by default)
2)Click on “+” in the HDFS panel title
3)Enter Service Name: e.g. “${cluster_name}_hdfs. Cluster name could be anything. You can call the repo “test_hdfs” if you want to
4)UserName: ranger (doesn’t matter whether it exists because you are not using kerberos)
5)Password: ranger (doesn’t matter what you give)
6)Namenode URL: hdfs://<namenode_host>:8020
7)Authorization Enabled: No
8)Authentication Type: Simple
Rest you can leave it as default.
Save this screen. Then use the same name e.g “test_hdfs” in your install.properties for enabling Ranger in HDFS. Then restart namenode.
Is the plugin request showing up in the Audit->Plugin tab?
If the plugin is showing up, then that means authorization and auditing is already working.