Administration Guide

Overview

Datameer provides a wizard-based integration to all data - structured, semi-structured, and unstructured. Integration is fast and easy because there is no need for explicit data and schema mappings. As a system administrator, you spend most of your time using the features located by clicking the Admin tab at the top of the page. This is where you initially configure the Datameer system.

Click the Admin tab to view the system dashboard--a quick at-a-glance look at all running systems. You can also set up authentication, groups and users, jobs, and configure the mail server, Hadoop Cluster settings, and configure the database drivers and plug-ins used to connect to your data. 

This guide describes the following:

• System Dashboard
• Job History
• Configuring Authentication
  • Internal Datameer User Management
  • Authentication via Active Directory and LDAP
    • Filtering LDAP Groups
    • Configuring Secure LDAP (LDAPS)
  • Configuring SAML Authentication
• Configuring Default Properties
• Configuring Groups
• User Roles
• Managing User Accounts
• Setting Global Variables
• Managing Plug-ins and Extension Points
  • Available Plug-ins
  • Using the PMML Plug-in
  • Using the Git Versioning Plug-in
• Configuring Network Proxy
• Datameer Database Schema
• Hadoop and Datameer
  • Configuring Datameer in a Shared Hadoop Cluster
  • Datameer, Hadoop, and VMware
  • Hadoop Cluster Configuration Tips
    • Hadoop Configuration File Templates
  • Hadoop Tutorials and Extra Features
  • Monitoring Hadoop and Datameer
    • Monitoring Hadoop with Munin
    • Monitoring Hadoop and Datameer using Nagios
    • Datameer Metrics Monitoring
  • Optimizing Jobs with Hadoop
  • Secure File Uploads
  • Using Compression with Hadoop and Datameer
  • Viewing Cluster Health (Deprecated)
  • Frequently Asked Hadoop Questions
• Home Folder and Folder Level Permissions
• Housekeeping Service
• License Information
  • Third Party License Information
• Logging Datameer
  • Log4j
  • Logging User Actions
  • Logging User Clicks
  • Enabling and Reading JDBC Debug Logs
  • SSH and SFTP Debug-Logging and Session Caching
  • Support Engineer Report Plug-In
• Migrating from One Hadoop Cluster to Another
• Profile Datameer With YourKit
• Setting up Security and Permissions
  • Workbook Permissions
  • Data Access Permissions
  • Simple Impersonation with Datameer
  • Secure Impersonation with Datameer
    • Secure Impersonation with Datameer as Supergroup User
    • Secure Impersonation on Datameer Without Super Group Requirement
    • Preparing Datameer Installation for Secure Impersonation
    • Secure HDFS Tool Manual
  • Infographic Permissions
  • Disable Verbose Error Reporting
  • Set Up Password Encryption in Datameer
• Troubleshooting Tips
• Administrator's FAQ
• Configuring the Datameer Color Theme
• Search Administration Setup and Statistics
• Configuring Job Scheduler and Event Bus Threads

To learn about how Datameer works, see the Concepts Guide

To learn about extending Datameer functionality, see the Developer's Guide.

To learn more about Hadoop, see Hadoop and Datameer.

To learn more about using Datameer, refer to the Guide for Analysts.