Ranger-Metastore-Plugin

Ranger-Metastore-Plugin is intended to integrate Metastore service into Apache Ranger.

Version

2023-07-04

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Installation

Check $HIVE_HOME env variable

Make sure that $HIVE_HOME env variable is set and points to metastore directory.

Create a repository in Ranger Policy Manager.

Create repository in 'Ranger Policy Manager' E.g. "metastore". The same name needs to be configured during plugin setup.

Build the project

Execute next command to build the project

mvn clean compile package install assembly:assembly -Dmaven.test.skip=true

As a result this will create a .tar.gz file

./target/ranger-metastore-plugin-2.1.0-SNAPSHOT-metastore-plugin.tar.gz

Extract binaries at the appropriate place.

sudo tar zxf ./target/ranger-metastore-plugin-2.1.0-SNAPSHOT-metastore-plugin.tar.gz -C /usr/local
cd /usr/local/ranger-metastore-plugin

Update installation.properties file

Here are the relevant lines that you should edit:

COMPONENT_INSTALL_DIR_NAME=[PATH_TO_META-STORE]
POLICY_MGR_URL=[RANGER_URL]
REPOSITORY_NAME=metastore

Where

• [PATH_TO_META-STORE] - Path to installed meta-store
• [RANGER_URL] - Apache Ranger http url. Ex:http://localhost:6080 if it runs on localhost.

Enable metastore plugin

Now enable the metastore-plugin by running the enable-metastore-plugin.sh command (Remember to set JAVA_HOME)

cd /usr/local/ranger-metastore-plugin
sudo ./enable-metastore-plugin.sh

To check if plugin was installed by success you can verify it on Ranger web-interface going to next menu 'Ranger Admin Web interface -> Audit Tab -> Plugin Status'

Restart your metastore instance