Apache Ambari


Making Hadoop easier to operate

Apache Ambari provides a 100% open source and intuitive set of tools to monitor, manage and efficiently provision your Apache Hadoop cluster. Ambari simplifies the operation and hides the complexity of Hadoop, making Hadoop appear like a single, cohesive data platform.Hadoop cluster provisioning and ongoing management can be a complicated task, especially when there are hundreds or thousands of nodes involved. Ambari provides a single control point for viewing, updating and managing Hadoop service life cycles.

  • Wizard-driven installation
  • Granular configuration of Hadoop services and components
  • Ganglia for metrics collection and Nagios for system alerts
  • Advanced Job Diagnostic and troubleshooting tools
  • Cluster Heatmaps
Apache Ambari - Dashboard

Apache Ambari – Dashboard
Provision No matter the size of your Hadoop cluster, the deployment and maintenance of hosts is simplified using Ambari. Ambari includes an intuitive web interface that allows you to easily provision, configure and test services all the core Hadoop components.
Manage Ambari provides tools to simplify cluster management. The web interface allows you to start/stop/test Hadoop services, change configurations and manage on-going growth of your cluster.
Monitor Gain instant insight into the health of your cluster. Ambari pre-configures alerts for watching Hadoop services and visualizes cluster operational data in a simple web interface. Ambari also includes Job Diagnostic tools to visualize job inter-dependencies and view task timelines as a way to troubleshoot historic job performance execution.
Integrate Ambari provides a REST API that enables integration with existing tools, such as Microsoft System Center and Teradata Viewpoint. Ambari also leverages standard technologies and protocols with Nagios, Ganglia and Puppet for deeper customization.