you are right, Since my setting all working before I never use VCP and just thought about this is may be a cause. I will work on it and get back to you. thanks again. ... View more

Thank you so much for this quick respond. why are IP and hostname changed? my network.hostname=localhost, no change on /etc/sysconfig/network file. did I missed anything? is this AWS/EC2 networking DNS problem? I already created a ticket to AWS support. do you think I can fix it on my side. ... View more

thanks, I got your another post and tried ambari 2.2 so dont need to deal with smartsense. ... View more

still like to know the best combination of RHEL version and ambari.repo version. document says it will fit all, but different error comeup. ... View more

yes, the smartsense error is not showing any more. thank you so much for that. ... View more

thank you for your reply. 1. I tried all conbination of AWS/EC2 RHEL 6. 7 and ambari 2.4, 2.2. I can not avoid smartsense error, also, the ambari.repo download have no smartsense included 2. in order to download smartsense, the account to hortonworks.support.com is needed, have no idea to create a new account on it 3. I need a combination of RHEL version and ambari version and HDP version from you in order not deal with smartsense, if you have one. Meanwhile, I will try ambari.repo 2.2. hope I will not have issues with smartsense. your help is greatly appreciated. best answer to you. ... View more

BTW, we dont have HDP support here. we just test it for a project. ... View more

thank you for this info, however, it says 'For new installs, SmartSense will be installed by default. Entering your Hortonworks SmartSense ID is still required to activate SmartSense. No bundles will be captured and sent until the a valid SmartSense ID is entered.' I tried ambari 2.5, it asked SmartSense ID and provided my company email. I got nothing so far. so without smartsense ID, you never can install HDP, right? ... View more