Please browse the Cloudera Manager API for non-GUI access http://cloudera.github.io/cm_api/ ... View more

Upgrade Cloudera Manager, then use it to upgrade CDH. The instructions are noted in http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/documentation/core/latest/topics/installation_upgrade.html ... View more

The filesystem /var/run/cloudera-scm-agent/process is RAM-only. If you want Cloudera Manager and CDH to use /disk1 now, you should edit the service properties and switch the properties that write to /opt and /var to use /disk1. There's no clean way to do this unfortunately, has to be a per-service basis. ... View more

The activation involves unpacking the parcel in /opt/cloudera/parcels and setting the symlinks. Check the Cloudera Manager agent logs for any errors. They're under /var/log/cloudera-scm-agent ... View more

Cloudera Manager manages two sets of properties: - client side is in /etc/SERVICE/conf (SERVICE is hadoop, hive, etc) - /var/run/cloudera-scm-agent/process/ID-service-ROLE For service properties, edit it in CM and it will appear in /var/run on the next restart of the role. Please read this blog post about how Cloudera Manager works, it should be clearer to you. http://blog.cloudera.com/blog/2013/07/how-does-cloudera-manager-work/ ... View more

Please have a read of the requirements for Cloudera Manager http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/documentation/core/latest/topics/cm_ig_cm_requirements.html ... View more

Please follow the instructions here: http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/documentation/core/latest/topics/cdh_ig_command_line.html   If you intend to use Cloudera Manager, - Choose the version of Cloudera Manager and download the rpm/deb files for it - Choose the version of CDH and other products and download the parcel or package version of them - Set up local repositories for these - Install Cloudera Manager and use that to install CDH on your cluster Instructions here: http://www.cloudera.com/content/cloudera/en/documentation/core/latest/topics/cm_ig_custom_installation.html ... View more

This is typically caused when the CM version is 5.3 or older and it tries to manage CDH5.4. Please upgrade Cloudera Manager to 5.4.1 (current latest) and try again ... View more

It should sha like in the example output. You can rename the file or generate a new one: # openssl sha1 CDH-5.4.2-1.cdh5.4.2.p0.2-trusty.parcel > CDH-5.4.2-1.cdh5.4.2.p0.2-trusty.parcel.sha ... View more