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Version: 2.7.5

Ambari Development

Checking out Ambari source​

Follow the instructions under Checkout source code section of "How to contribute" guide.

We'll refer to the top-level "ambari" directory as AMBARI_DIR in this document.

Tools needed to build Ambari​

The following tools are needed to build Ambari from source.

Alternatively, you can easily launch a VM that is preconfigured with all the tools that you need. See the Pre-Configured Development Environment section in the Quick Start Guide.

  • xCode (if using Mac - free download from the apple store)
  • JDK 8 (Ambari 2.6 and below can be compiled with JDK 7, from Ambari 2.7, it can be compiled with at least JDK 8)
  • Apache Maven 3.3.9 or later Tip:In order to persist your changes to the JAVA_HOME environment variable and add Maven to your path, create the following files: File: ~/.profile
source ~/.bashrc

File: ~/.bashrc

export PATH=/usr/local/apache-maven-3.3.9/bin:$PATH
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xmx2048m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -Djava.awt.headless=true"
  • Python 2.6 (Ambari 2.7 or later require Python 2.7 as minimum supported version)
  • Python setuptools: for Python 2.6: D ownload setuptools and run:
sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.6.egg

for Python 2.7: D ownload setuptools and run:

sh setuptools-0.6c11-py2.7.egg
  • rpmbuild (rpm-build package)
  • g++ (gcc-c++ package)

Running Unit Tests​

  • mvn clean test
  • Run unit tests in a single module:
mvn -pl ambari-server test
  • Run only Java tests:
mvn -pl ambari-server -DskipPythonTests
  • Run only specific Java tests:
mvn -pl ambari-server -DskipPythonTests -Dtest=AgentHostInfoTest test
  • Run only Python tests:
mvn -pl ambari-server -DskipSurefireTests test
  • Run only specific Python tests:
mvn -pl ambari-server -DskipSurefireTests -Dpython.test.mask=TestUtils.py test
  • Run only Checkstyle and RAT checks:
mvn -pl ambari-server -DskipTests test

NOTE: Please make sure you have npm in the path before running the unit tests.

Generating Findbugs Report​

  • mvn clean install

This will generate xml and html report unders target/findbugs. You can also add flags to skip unit tests to generate report faster.

Building Ambari​

Note: if you can an error that too many files are open while building, then run: ulimit -n 10000 (for example)

To build Ambari RPMs, run the following.

Note: Replace ${AMBARI_VERSION} with a 4-digit version you want the artifacts to be (e.g., -DnewVersion=1.6.1.1)

Note: If running into errors while compiling the ambari-metrics package due to missing the artifacts of jms, jmxri, jmxtools:

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal on project ambari-metrics-kafka-sink: Could not resolve dependencies for project org.apache.ambari:ambari-metrics-kafka-sink:jar:2.0.0-0: The following artifacts could not be resolved: javax.jms:jms:jar:1.1, com.sun.jdmk:jmxtools:jar:1.2.1, com.sun.jmx:jmxri:jar:1.2.1: Could not transfer artifact javax.jms:jms:jar:1.1 from/to java.net (https://maven-repository.dev.java.net/nonav/repository): No connector available to access repository java.net (https://maven-repository.dev.java.net/nonav/repository) of type legacy using the available factories WagonRepositoryConnectorFactory

The work around is to manually install the three missing artifacts:

mvn install:install-file -Dfile=jms-1.1.pom -DgroupId=javax.jms -DartifactId=jms -Dversion=1.1 -Dpackaging=jar
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=jmxtools-1.2.1.pom -DgroupId=com.sun.jdmk -DartifactId=jmxtools -Dversion=1.2.1 -Dpackaging=jar
mvn install:install-file -Dfile=jmxri-1.2.1.pom -DgroupId=com.sun.jmx -DartifactId=jmxri -Dversion=1.2.1 -Dpackaging=jar

If when compiling it seems stuck, and you've already increased Java and Maven heapsize, it could be that Ambari Views has a lot of artifacts, and the rat-check is choking up. In this case, try running

git clean -df (this will remove untracked files and directories)
mvn clean package -DskipTests -Drat.ignoreErrors=true
or
mvn clean package -DskipTests -Drat.skip

Setting the Version Using Maven​

Ambari 2.8+ uses a newer method to update the version when building Ambari.

RHEL/CentOS 6:

# Update the revision property to the release version
mvn versions:set-property -Dproperty=revision -DnewVersion=2.8.0.0.0
 
mvn -B clean install package rpm:rpm -DskipTests -Dpython.ver="python >= 2.6" -Preplaceurl

SUSE/SLES 11

# Update the revision property to the release version
mvn versions:set-property -Dproperty=revision -DnewVersion=2.8.0.0.0
  
mvn -B clean install package rpm:rpm -DskipTests -Psuse11 -Dpython.ver="python >= 2.6" -Preplaceurl

Ubuntu 12:

# Update the revision property to the release version
mvn versions:set-property -Dproperty=revision -DnewVersion=2.8.0.0.0
  
mvn -B clean install package jdeb:jdeb -DskipTests -Dpython.ver="python >= 2.6" -Preplaceurl

Ambari Server will create following packages

  • RPM will be created under AMBARI_DIR/ambari-server/target/rpm/ambari-server/RPMS/noarch.

  • DEB will be created under AMBARI_DIR/ambari-server/target/

Ambari Agent will create following packages

  • RPM will be created under AMBARI_DIR/ambari-agent/target/rpm/ambari-agent/RPMS/x86_64.

  • DEB will be created under AMBARI_DIR/ambari-agent/target

Optional parameters:

  • -X -e: add these options for more verbose output by Maven. Useful when debugging Maven issues.

  • -DdefaultStackVersion=STACK-VERSION

  • Sets the default stack and version to be used for installation (e.g., -DdefaultStackVersion=HDP-1.3.0)

  • -DenableExperimental=true

  • Enables experimental features to be available via Ambari Web (default is false)

  • All views can be packaged in RPM by adding -Dviews parameter

    • mvn -B clean install package rpm:rpm -Dviews -DskipTests

  • Specific views can be built by adding --projects parameter to the -Dviews

    • mvn -B clean install package rpm:rpm --projects ambari-web,ambari-project,ambari-views,ambari-admin,contrib/views/files,contrib/views/pig,ambari-server,ambari-agent,ambari-client,ambari-shell -Dviews -DskipTests

NOTE: Run everything as root below.

Building Ambari Metrics​

If you plan on installing the Ambari Metrics service, you will also need to build the Ambari Metrics project.

cd ambari-metrics
mvn clean package -Dbuild-rpm -DskipTests

For Ubuntu:
cd ambari-metrics
mvn clean package -Dbuild-deb -DskipTests

Note:

The metrics rpms will be found at: ambari-metrics-assembly/target/. These would be need for installing the Ambari Metrics service.

Running the Ambari Server​

First, install the Ambari Server RPM.

On RHEL/CentOS:

yum install ambari-server/target/rpm/ambari-server/RPMS/noarch/ambari-server-*.noarch.rpm

On SUSE/SLES:

zypper install ambari-server/target/rpm/ambari-server/RPMS/noarch/ambari-server-*.noarch.rpm

On Ubuntu 12:

dpkg --install ambari-server/target/ambari-server-*.deb          # Will fail with missing dependencies errors
apt-get update                                                   # Update locations of dependencies
apt-get install -f                                               # Install all failed dependencies
dpkg --install ambari-server/target/ambari-server-*.deb          # Will succeed

Initialize Ambari Server:

ambari-server setup

Start up Ambari Server:

ambari-server start

See Ambari Server log:

tail -f /var/log/ambari-server/ambari-server.log

To access Ambari, go to

http://{ambari-server-hostname}:8080

from your web browser and log in with username admin and password admin.

Install and Start the Ambari Agent Manually on Each Host in the Cluster​

Install the Ambari Agent RPM.

On RHEL/CentOS:

SUSE/SLES:

zypper install ambari-agent/target/rpm/ambari-agent/RPMS/x86_64/ambari-agent-*.rpm

Ubuntu12:

dpkg --install ambari-agent/target/ambari-agent-*.deb

Edit the location of Ambari Server in /etc/ambari-agent/conf/ambari-agent.ini by editing the hostname line.

Start Ambari Agent:

ambari-agent start

See Ambari Agent log:

tail -f /var/log/ambari-agent/ambari-agent.log

Setting up Ambari in Eclipse​

$ mvn clean eclipse:eclipse

After doing the above you should be able to import the project via Eclipse "Import > Maven > Existing Maven Project". Choose the root directory where you cloned the git repository. You should be able to see the following projects on eclipse:

ambari
|
|- ambari-project
|- ambari-server
|- ambari-agent
|- ambari-web

Select the top-level "ambari pom.xml" and click Finish.