Understanding the Cloudera Manager architecture

Before we go into installing and using Cloudera Manager, you need to understand the architecture of Cloudera Manager and how it functions. Cloudera Manager is composed of the following two parts:

  • Cloudera Manager Server
  • Cloudera Manager Agent

The following diagram depicts the Cloudera Manager architecture:

Understanding the Cloudera Manager architecture

The Cloudera Manager Server is the master service that manages the data model of the entire cluster in a database. The data model contains information regarding the services, roles, and configurations assigned for each node in the cluster.

The Cloudera Manager Server is responsible for performing the ...

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