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This provides a Management Pack (MPack) extension for Apache Ambari that simplifies the provisioning, management and monitoring of Elasticsearch and Kibana on clusters of any size.

This allows you to easily install Elasticsearch and Kibana using a simple, guided process. This also allows you to monitor cluster health.

Prerequisites

  • Ambari 2.4.2+

Quick Start

  1. Build the Elasticsearch MPack. Execute the following command from the project’s root directory.

    mvn clean package -Pmpack -DskipTests
    
  2. This results in the Mpack being produced at the following location.

    metron-deployment/packaging/ambari/elasticsearch-mpack/target/elasticsearch_mpack-x.y.z.0.tar.gz
    
  3. Copy the tarball to the host where Ambari Server is installed.

  4. Ensure that Ambari Server is stopped.

  5. Install the MPack.

    ambari-server install-mpack --mpack=elasticsearch_mpack-x.y.z.0.tar.gz --verbose
    
  6. Elasticsearch and Kibana will now be available as an installable service within Ambari.

Installation Notes

The MPack will make all Elasticsearch services available in Ambari in the same manner as any other services in a stack. These can be installed using Ambari’s user interface using “Add Services” or during an initial cluster install.

Kerberization

Elasticsearch does not provide free native Kerberos support.

Limitations

There are a few limitations that should be addressed to improve the Elasticsearch MPack installation.

  • The MPack does not support upgrades.