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Add Local User in HUE without AD

SLT_Clou — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 06:16:57 GMT

Hi everyone,

I need to know that can i add random user(not LDAPuser) in HUE without having AD user.

Please see the atatched image.it's avaiable only LDAP user

as well as i need to Assign Roles/Permissions in apache ranger too

Cloudera manager version - CDP 7.7.1

Thank you!

Re: Add Local User in HUE without AD

SLT_Clou — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:32:55 GMT

Please help me for the solution?

Re: Add Local User in HUE without AD

rsanchez — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:33:29 GMT

@SLT_Clou

From UI we do not have a way to create a local superuser; you will need to do it from the CLI following the steps below:

Connect to any of your Hue servers.
Run the below commands to create your superuser:

export HUE_CONF_DIR="/var/run/cloudera-scm-agent/process/`ls -lrt /var/run/cloudera-scm-agent/process | awk '{print $9}' | egrep -e '[[:digit:]]{1,3}\-hue\-HUE_SERVER' | tail -1`"
export HUE_IGNORE_PASSWORD_SCRIPT_ERRORS=1
export HUE_DATABASE_PASSWORD=hue (change this for your Hue backend DB password)
Then run the create superuser command:

/opt/cloudera/parcels/CDH/lib/hue/build/env/bin/hue createsuperuser --username admin

To access Hue using the new superuser, you need to apply a change in the Hue configuration:

Access CM >> Hue >> Configuration
Look for Authentication Backend
Select the option "desktop.auth.backend.LdapBackend,desktop.auth.backend.AllowFirstUserDjangoBackend"
Restart Hue service.

After applying that change, when you access the Hue UI login page, you will see a drop-down box in which you can select between LDAP and Local authentication, use local, and then log in with the new superuser.

Hope the above steps are clear and you can fix your concern. If you have any questions, let me know.

Re: Add Local User in HUE without AD

SLT_Clou — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 06:47:48 GMT

Hi,

Thank you for the respond. i have a super user as hdfs.i need to create normal local user?

Thank you!

Re: Add Local User in HUE without AD

rsanchez — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 20:31:20 GMT

@SLT_Clou

You need to create the local user using the command mentioned before. If hdfs user was created for hue as an admin, you can use it to access Hue UI with local authentication. If not, create a new superuser and then login with that to Hue.

Re: Add Local User in HUE without AD

SLT_Clou — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 10:48:15 GMT

Thank you very much.i got your suggestion!