Apache Ranger – Build and Check Release

Build Process

1. Check out the code from GIT repository

git clone https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/ranger.git

cd ranger

Alternatively, you can checkout the code from github:

git clone https://github.com/apache/ranger

cd ranger

2. Please execute the following Maven command:

$ export JAVA_HOME=%jdk 7 Home%

 $ mvn clean

 $ mvn -DskipTests=false clean compile package install assembly:assembly

3. After the above build command execution, you should see the following TAR files in the target folder:

        ranger-%version-number%-%module-name%.tar.gz

Create an Apache Release

1. Checkout from ranger release branch

$ git checkout ranger-%version%

2. Run maven commands to build and validate the build is working fine (See Build Process: step 2):

$ export JAVA_HOME=%jdk 7 Home%

 $ mvn clean

 $ mvn -DskipTests=false clean compile package install assembly:assembly

3. Clean all generated files for building the source build

                $ mvn clean

4. Create a TAR source file using the following command:

        $ ant -f release-build.xml -Dranger-release-version=%version-number%

5. Now, the following files are ready to be published for release:

        ./target/apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz
        ./target/apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz.asc
        ./target/apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz.mds

Verifying Build (also called as a Release)

1. Download the release source file, apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz (from URL provided in the release email)

2. Download the PGP signature for, apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz which usaully named as apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz.asc (from URL provided in the release email)

3. Execute the following command to verify the release

 $ gpg --verify apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz.asc apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz

4. Download MD5/SHA hash for apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz which usaully named as apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz.mds (from URL provided in the release email)

$ gpg --print-mds apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz

Compare MD5, SHA hash generated from the above command and the signature available in the apache-ranger-%version-number%.tar.gz.mds.

Importing Apache Ranger Project into Eclipse

1. Create a Eclipse workspace called 'ranger'

2. Import maven project from the root directory where ranger source code is downloaded and build using the following command:

                $ export JAVA_HOME=%Jdk 7 Home%
                $ mvn clean
                $ mvn -DskipTests=false clean compile package install assembly:assembly
                $ mvn eclipse:eclipse

Deployment Process

Installation Host Information

1. Ranger Admin Tool Component (ranger-%version-number%-admin.tar.gz) should be installed on a host where Policy Admin Tool web application runs on port 6080 (default).

2. Ranger User Synchronization Component (ranger-%version-number%-usersync.tar.gz) should be installed on a host to synchronize the external user/group information into Ranger database via Ranger Admin Tool.

3. Ranger Component plugin should be installed on the component boxes:

(a) HDFS Plugin needs to be installed on Name Node hosts

(b) Hive Plugin needs to be installed on HiveServer2 hosts

(c) HBase Plugin needs to be installed on both Master and Regional Server nodes.

(d) Knox Plugin needs to be installed on Knox hosts.

(e) Storm Plugin needs to be installed on Storm hosts.

Installation Process

1. Download the tar.gz file into a temporary folder in the box where it needs to be installed.

2. Expand the tar.gz file into /usr/lib/ranger/ folder

3. Go to the component name under the expanded folder (e.g. /usr/lib/ranger/ranger-%version-number%-admin/)

4. Modify the install.properties file with appropriate variables

Execute ./setup.sh

Execute ./enable-%component%-plugin.sh

Quick Start Guide