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| Introduction |
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| Maria Odea Ching |
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| 2013-07-22 |
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| Apache Ranger™ |
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| Apache Ranger™ is a framework to enable, monitor and manage comprehensive data security across the Hadoop platform. |
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| The vision with Ranger is to provide comprehensive security across the Apache Hadoop ecosystem. With the advent of Apache YARN, the Hadoop platform can now support a true data lake architecture. Enterprises can potentially run multiple workloads, in a multi tenant environment. Data security within Hadoop needs to evolve to support multiple use cases for data access, while also providing a framework for central administration of security policies and monitoring of user access. |
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| Please read the {{{./faq.html}FAQs}} if you need to understand how it works over Apache Hadoop components. |
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| * Goals Overview |
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| Apache Ranger has the following goals: |
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| * Centralized security administration to manage all security related tasks in a central UI or using REST APIs. |
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| * Fine grained authorization to do a specific action and/or operation with Hadoop component/tool and managed through a central administration tool |
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| * Standardize authorization method across all Hadoop components. |
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| * Enhanced support for different authorization methods - Role based access control, attribute based access control etc. |
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| * Centralize auditing of user access and administrative actions (security related) within all the components of Hadoop. |
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| * Usage |
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| General instructions on how to use the Apache Ranger can be found on the {{{https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/RANGER/Index}Wiki Page}}. |
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| In case you have questions regarding the Ranger' usage, please have a look at the {{{./faq.html}FAQ}} and feel |
| free to contact the {{{./mail-lists.html}user mailing list}}. The posts to the mailing list are archived and could |
| already contain the answer to your question as part of an older thread. Hence, it is also worth browsing/searching |
| the {{{./mail-lists.html}mail archive}}. |
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| If you feel like the Apache Ranger is missing a feature or has a defect, you can fill a feature request or bug report in our |
| {{{https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ranger/?selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.jira-projects-plugin:summary-panel}issue tracker}}. When creating a new issue, please provide a comprehensive description of your |
| concern. Especially for fixing bugs it is crucial that the developers can reproduce your problem. |
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| Contributors can check out the source code from our |
| {{{https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/ranger.git}Git repository}} or from {{{https://github.com/apache/ranger}Github}} |
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