The Ambari server (ambari-server) is a shell script which is the entry point for all administrative activities on the master server. This script internally uses Python code, ambari-server.py, and routes all the requests to it.
The Ambari server has the following entry points which are available when passed different parameters to the ambari-server program:
- Daemon management
- Software upgrade
- Software setup
- LDAP/PAM/Kerberos management
- Ambari backup and restore
- Miscellaneous options
