Changing Ranger UI password causing Namenode issues

[#1]

Changing Ranger UI password causes Namenode to stop because it seems that the password needs to be updated in HDFS plugin within HDFS config. However, I am not sure which config needs to be updated in HDFS plugin. Please advise.

[#2]

If you have changed ranger admin password in Ranger UI, that needs to be updated in Ambari as well. Please update admin_password under Advanced ranger-env section.

[#3]

Vel, thanks for the answer. Just because Neeraj has the screen snapshots (which will make it clearer for the next guys), I will select his answer as correct but I know you are the source for his answer too 🙂

[#4]

Thanks @vperiasamy@hortonworks.com

[#5 · Accepted solution]

Thanks for posting the solution. Only 1 entry needs to be updated.

Don't change the following entry

[#6]

Hello Neeraj, I tried changing the ranger admin password to "admin" in Ambari UI - Ranger - Config - Advanced Ranger Env.
However not able to access Ranger UI. Can you please advice if this password has to be changed any other place.
Thank you.

[#7]

@vperiasamy@hortonworks.com Can you explain what is "Ranger Admin user's password for Ambari"? I thought it was the password for admin user on ambari, but I tried to change it with new ambari admin's password and it breaks hdfs and hive services as well. I updated only "admin_password" with new Ranger admin password like Neeraj's screenshot and it worked.

Thank you.

[#8]

@Guilherme Braccialli - For managing ranger repo's from within Ambari, an admin user is created the first time (default name is amb_ranger_admin - see Advanced ranger-env section). The field you are referring to is the password for this particular user.

[#9]

Hi,

Could you please let me know where is this amb_ranger_admin user name is stored? (Ambari/Ranger databases)?