This link: https://docs.hortonworks.com/HDPDocuments/Ambari-2.7.1.0/bk_ambari-installation/content/preparing_the_ambari_repository_configuration_file.html Says: Download the ambari.repo file from the public repository: http://public-repo-1.hortonworks.com/ambari/<OS>/2.x/updates/2.7.1.0/ambari.repo <OS> – centos7, sles12, ubuntu14, ubuntu16, ubuntu 18, or debian9 But there are none available except centos7 ... View more

I've seen two types of variables used generally in Ambari blueprints: 1. %HOSTGROUP% 2. {{ var }} %HOSTGROUP% according documentation should resolve into respective nodes domain/IP, but it does not happen. Is there a way to troubleshoot this (I've grepped ambari logs files with no success)? Following thread implies that out-of-stack services are not getting replaced: https://community.hortonworks.com/questions/74729/ambari-does-not-resolve-hostgroup-into-hostnames-a.html Is that still stands true? Regarding second type, they are replaced with emptiness, so when I set following: export HADOOP_HOME=${HADOOP_HOME:-{{hadoop_home}}} It gets replaced with: export HADOOP_HOME=${HADOOP_HOME:-} Or: JAVA_HOME={{java_home}} With: JAVA_HOME= I tried to replace {{ with \\{{, but blueprint editor does not allow these symbols. I was not able to find any description of both variable types and how to properly use them. Can someone help figure this out? ... View more