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Set values in hue.ini from a Director script

dmnpignaud — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 13:47:39 GMT

Hi there,

I would like to set a Hue configuration value automatically at cluster instantiation, through my Cloudera Director configuration file.

I guess I could write a post-creation script that finds the correct hue.ini file, modify it and restart Hue, but isn't there a simpler solution to do it ?

The configuration I would like to set is :

[desktop]
allowed_hosts=*

Thank you very much.

Re: Set values in hue.ini from a Director script

Mike Wilson — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 16:09:35 GMT

Funny enough, I actually just ran into this myself. You should be able to
do this by setting this hue_service_safety_valve service level config for
Hue. If you're using a config file:

cluster {
....
configs {
....
HUE: {
hue_service_safety_valve: """
[desktop]
allowed_hosts=*
"""
}
}
....
}

Note that I haven't totally tested this myself yet, but I'll actually go
ahead and do this right after this reply and confirm.

Re: Set values in hue.ini from a Director script

Mike Wilson — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:06:20 GMT

Just a heads up -- can confirm that this does indeed do the trick!

Re: Set values in hue.ini from a Director script

dmnpignaud — Mon, 13 Feb 2017 12:06:47 GMT

Indeed, thank you very much ! 🙂