I'd like to announce the availability of HDP 2.5.6.0. This release continues from HDP 2.5.5.0, adding about 60 Apache JIRAs and includes Knox and YARN security fixes. There are no features introduced with this maintenance release. The release details can be found in the HDP 2.5.6.0 Release Notes. Supported OS platforms are the usual CentOS 6/7, SLES 11/12, Debian 7 and Ubuntu 12/14. This will soon be available on Azure HDInsight as soon as our testing is unblocked due to some other issues. Thanks to everyone who lent a hand in this release, including the Apache community. ... View more

This article is to announce the availability of HDP 2.5.5. This release builds on top of the last releases, HDP 2.5.3 for on prem, and HDP 2.5.4 on Azure HDInsight. The key point and changes in this release are fixing big issues for our customers. This release has over 300 product changes that increase stability, fix errors, and improve usability of the product. There are no large features introduced. The release details can be found in the HDP 2.5.5 release notes. Supported OS platforms are CentOS 6/7, SLES 11/12, Debian 6/7, and Ubuntu 12/14 This is also going to Azure HDInsight, and should be available there in several days. Thanks everybody! This was a big release, and thanks for all the employees who helped. And of course, the Apache committers who got the fixes into the community. Andrew Eng Prog Mgr ... View more

HDP 2.5.3.0 and Ambari 2.4.2.0 with SmartSense 1.3.1 is now available for immediate use. Being maintenance releases, there are no features introduced. These releases contain bug fixes. HDP 2.5.3.0 has about 300 bugs since HDP 2.5.0.0. Ambari 2.4.2.0 contains about 140 fixes since Ambari 2.4.0.1 was released. Please consult the HDP 2.5.3.0 documentation and release notes. Also the Ambari 2.4.2.0 documentation and release notes. Thank you ... View more

Ambari 2.2.2.18 is released and available for immediate use. The team fixed 60 issues, many of which customers have experienced. No features are included, so an upgrade should be seamless for those using Ambari 2.2.2.0 or are considering upgrading to Ambari 2.2.2.x Refer to the Product Documentation and Release Notes for further information about this release. This product rolls up all issues in private releases less than 18. ... View more

HDP 2.4.3.0 is released and available for immediate use. This release builds upon the last HDP 2.3.6.0 and HDP 2.4.2.0 releases, and adds over 200+ bugs from 2.3.6.0. Spark 1.6.2 is also included in this release. Please refer to the documentation site and the release notes for any late breaking information and details on how to start your installs/upgrades. This will be made available on Azure's HDInsight offering in due time. ... View more