@bgooley wrote: Right, but it isn't clear what you mean by "it generates".  If you use your hostname in the URL, can you get to Cloudera Manager?  I am not sure what you are trying to configure, what page you are on, what URL you are trying to access, how, etc.   What, exactly, are you trying to do?   A fictitious example of a description may be:   I type the following URL in my Chrome browser, but I get redirected to a "localhost" URL that is not accessible remotely: http://myNewCDH.mydomain.cm:7180 I expect that it would not redirect to: http://localhost:7180/cmf/home   We need to undertand what you are trying to do, what you expect to have happen, and what actually happens in order to be able to help. Please clarify as much as you can.   Ben Cloudera manager points to localhost:7180 to access cloudera manager after installation. But I wish I can use myhost.mydomain:7180 to access it. But myhost.mydomain:7180 did not work and it is not accessiable.   ... View more

@bgooley wrote: Hi.   I'm not sure what you mean by "it always use localhost and access link"   Could you describe what you are doing, what you expect to have happen, and what actually happens?   If the host on which you installed Cloudera Manager is resolvable (via hosts file, DNS, etc.) then you should be able to access it with a hostname or use the ip too.   Regards,   Ben     I want to know how cloudera manager decides what hostname to use. Because I tried a few of different setup and try to let cloudera manager have an access link like: http;//myhostname.mydomain:7180/ But after installation, cloudera manager alway generate link http://localhost:7180/ ... View more