HBase

Integrate HBase with Ranger

1. Enable HBase in Ranger.
   1. Log on to the EMR console.
   2. In the top navigation bar, select the region where your cluster resides and select a resource group based on your business requirements.
   3. Click the Cluster Management tab.
   4. On the Cluster Management page, find your cluster and click Details in the Actions column.
   5. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cluster Service > RANGER.
   6. On the page that appears, choose Actions > EnabledHBase in the upper-right corner.
      
   7. In the Cluster Activities dialog box, configure relevant parameters and click OK. In the Confirm message, click OK.
      Click History in the upper-right corner to view the task progress.
2. Add the HBase service on the web UI of Ranger.
   1. Log on to Ranger. For more information, see Overview.
   2. Add the HBase service.
      
   3. Configure relevant parameters.
      

      Parameter	Description
      Service Name	Set the value to emr-hbase.
      Username	Set the value to hbase.
      Password	Enter a custom password.
      hadoop.security.authentication	Select Simple for a standard cluster. Select Kerberos for a high-security cluster.
      hbase.master.kerberos.principal	This parameter is required only for a high-security cluster. Set the value to hbase/_HOST@EMR.${id}.COM. Note You can log on to the host and run the hostname command to obtain the value of ${id}. The number in hostname is the value of ${id}.
      hbase.security.authentication	Select Simple for a standard cluster. Select Kerberos for a high-security cluster.
      hbase.zookeeper.property.clientPort	Set the value to 2181.
      hbase.zookeeper.quorum	Set the value to emr-header-1,emr-worker-1.
      zookeeper.znode.parent	Set the value to /hbase.
      Add New Configurations	Name: Set the value to policy.download.auth.users. Value: Set the value to hbase.

   4. Click Add.
3. Restart HBase.
   1. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Cluster Service > HBase.
   2. On the page that appears, choose Actions > Restart All Components in the upper-right corner.
   3. In the Cluster Activities dialog box, configure relevant parameters and click OK. In the Confirm message, click OK.
      Click History in the upper-right corner to view the task progress.

Configure administrator accounts

1. On the Service Manager page, click emr-hbase.
   
2. Configure administrator accounts.
   Administrator accounts are used to run administrative commands, such as the balance, compaction, flush, and split commands.

   Click the icon in the Action column for a specific policy and add accounts in the Users column. You can also modify the permissions. For example, retain only the Admin permission. You must set hbase as an administrator account.

   If you use Phoenix, you must add an additional policy in Ranger. The following table describes the parameters for the policy.

   Parameter	Description
   HBase Column-family	*
   HBase Column	*
   Select Group	public
   Permissions	Read, Write, Create, and Admin

Example of permission configuration

For example, you can perform the following steps to grant user test the Create, Write, and Read permissions on the foo_ns:test table:

1. Log on to Ranger. For more information, see Overview.
2. Click emr-hbase.
   
3. Click Add New Policy in the upper-right corner.
4. Configure permissions.

   Parameter	Description
   Policy Name	The name of the policy. You can customize a name.
   HBase Table	The table on which permissions are configured. The value must be in the format of ${namespace}:${tablename}. You can specify multiple tables. Press Enter each time you enter a table name. If a table belongs to the default namespace, you do not need to prefix the table name with default. You can enter an asterisk (*) as a wildcard for ${tablename}. For example, foo_ns:* indicates all tables in the foo_ns namespace. Note default:* is not supported.
   HBase Column-family	The column family.
   HBase Column	The name of the column.
   Select Group	The user group to which you want to add this policy.
   Select User	The user to whom you want to add this policy.
   Permissions	The permissions to be granted.

5. Click Add.
   After the policy is added, authorization is completed. User test can access the foo_ns:test table.

   Note After you add, remove, or modify a policy, it takes about one minute for the configuration to take effect.