2. Install the Ambari Agents Manually
Use the instructions specific to the OS family running on your agent hosts.
RHEL/CentOS/Oracle Linux
Install the Ambari Agent on every host in your cluster.
yum install ambari-agentUsing a text editor, configure the Ambari Agent by editing the
ambari-agent.inifile as shown in the following example:vi /etc/ambari-agent/conf/ambari-agent.ini[server]hostname=<your.ambari.server.hostname>url_port=8440secured_url_port=8441Start the agent on every host in your cluster.
ambari-agent startThe agent registers with the Server on start.
SLES 11
Install the Ambari Agent on every host in your cluster.
zypper install ambari-agentConfigure the Ambari Agent by editing the
ambari-agent.inifile as shown in the following example:vi /etc/ambari-agent/conf/ambari-agent.ini[server]hostname=<your.ambari.server.hostname>url_port=8440secured_url_port=8441Start the agent on every host in your cluster.
ambari-agent startThe agent registers with the Server on start.
Debian/Ubuntu
Install the Ambari Agent on every host in your cluster.
apt-get install ambari-agentConfigure the Ambari Agent by editing the
ambari-agent.inifile as shown in the following example:vi /etc/ambari-agent/conf/ambari-agent.ini[server]hostname=<your.ambari.server.hostname>url_port=8440secured_url_port=8441Start the agent on every host in your cluster.
ambari-agent startThe agent registers with the Server on start.

