@Eyad Garelnabi: There is a document called "Ambari Upgrade Best Practices," http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.5.3/bk_ambari-upgrade-best-practices/content/index.html, that was developed with folks in the field, and the issues that many of our customers face. It's a relatively new document, and I hope you will find it useful. ... View more

Yes! We still support Hue. Aside from the Release Notes, here are some other pointers in Hortonworks documentation that you might find useful: http://dev.hortonworks.com.s3.amazonaws.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2-trunk/bk_command-line-installation/content/installing_hue.html http://dev.hortonworks.com.s3.amazonaws.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2-trunk/bk_security/content/config_ldap_hue.html http://dev.hortonworks.com.s3.amazonaws.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2-trunk/bk_security/content/configure_ssl_for_hue.html Please let me know if you have any questions, re: the documentation and if we can help in any other way. ... View more

@Kent Baxley: We have incorporated this and related into into a new chapter in the HDFS Administration Guide, called Backing Up HDFS Metadata. See http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.5.0/bk_hdfs-administration/content/back_up_hdfs_meta.html.: ... View more

@Artem Ervits: Release Eng has copied the 2.3.6 Companion files to the correct location. ... View more

@Neeraj Sabharwal There is a new doc, re: HDP deployment on Azure: http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.0/bk_HDP_AzureSetup/content/ch_HDP_AzureSetup.html ... View more

@artem: Thanks for your comment. I'm the writer on the Manual Install Guide and I'll take care of this and will publish the link. ... View more

@jbarnett - This has been fixed in our documentation, per internal BUG-53613. See http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.2/bk_upgrading_hdp_manually/content/configure-yarn-mr-23.html for a link to the 2.4.2 version. These changes were back ported all the way back to 2.2.8. Thanks for helping us to increase the quality of our documentation. ... View more

A new guide for deploying HDP on Azure was recently released. See http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.0/bk_HDP_AzureSetup/content/ch_HDP_AzureSetup.html. ... View more

@Ventseslav Vat Sorry, about that. Mistakenly assumed you were a Hortonworks employee and could file a bug. https://hortonworks.jira.com/browse/BUG-60085 has been filed on this issue. Hopefully, the problem will be fixed very soon. ... View more

Hopefully, that will fix your issue and help others in the future. ... View more

@Ventseslav Vat We in Tech Docs have no control over the sandbox. You should file a bug against the HDP-2.3.2 and HDP-2.4 Sandbox (Project: Bug DB, Issue Type: Bug, Component: Sandbox). Provide a description of the problem in the bug, and also a link to this HCC post. ... View more

@Ventseslav Vat: This appears to be documented already in Step 1 of this topic in our documentation: http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.2/bk_hdfs_nfs_gateway/content/user-guide-hdfs-nfs-instructions.html You can also find it documented in the Apache docs: https://hadoop.apache.org/docs/r2.7.2/hadoop-project-dist/hadoop-hdfs/HdfsNfsGateway.html Hope this helps, Pattie ... View more

@Ali Bajwa, I'm from the Tech Docs team. I'm happy to work with you, assuming that you need documentation assistance. Please file a bug and/or contact me directly. ... View more

I've been working with support and they have been sent all my docs for review. ... View more

Yes, Hue is currently supported, and how to install it is in our most recent docs: http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.2/bk_installing_manually_book/content/ch_installing_hue_chapter.html ... View more

The link posted above is the 2.4.0 version of the Manual Install Guide. Here's a link to the 2.4.2 version, which is not only the latest version but the version you were asking about. I'm the writer that currently owns the Manual Install Guide, so if you find anything that is confusing, please let me know and I'll try to get you an answer. https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.2/bk_installing_manually_book/content/ch_installing_ranger_chapter.html ... View more

Ambari or manual (non-ambari) install? ... View more

The Manual Install Guide (versions 2.2.9, 2.3.0, 2.3.2, 2.3.4, 2.3.4.7, 2.4.0, and 2.4.2) have been updated with this information. Thank you very much for your comments and assistance. http://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/HDP2/HDP-2.4.2/bk_installing_manually_book/content/ref-2a6efe32-d0e1-4e84-9068-4361b8c36dc8.1.html ... View more

I'll be updating the Manual Install Guide with this information and will post a link to the new content when I've completed it. Thanks very much for this feedback. ... View more