曾经搭建过Cloudera Manager4.8.2和CDH4，在搭建Cloudera Manager5.2.0版本号的时候，发现对应的Service Host Monitor 和 Service Monitor不能配置外部表，刚开是还以为是配置出错，后来才发现应该是新版本号的Cloudera的存储改变方式了。查了非常多文档，果然发现，新版本号中Service Host Monitor 和 ServicMonitore 不须要配置数据库，默认使用内置存储方式。而且不能改动。

Cloudera Manager uses databases to store information about the Cloudera Manager configuration, as well as information such as the health of the system or task progress. For quick, simple installations, Cloudera Manager can install and configure an embedded PostgreSQL database as part of the Cloudera Manager installation process. In addition, some CDH services use databases and are automatically configured to use a default database. If you plan to use the embedded and default databases provided during the Cloudera Manager installation, see Installation Path A - Automated Installation by Cloudera Manager.

Although the embedded database is useful for getting started quickly, you can also use your own PostgreSQL, MySQL, or Oracle database for the Cloudera Manager Server and services that use databases.

    

The Cloudera Manager Server, Activity Monitor, Reports Manager, Hive Metastore, Sentry Server, Cloudera Navigator Audit Server, and Cloudera Navigator Metadata Server all require databases. The type of data contained in the databases and their estimated sizes are as follows:

• Cloudera Manager - Contains all the information about services you have configured and their role assignments, all configuration history, commands, users, and running processes. This relatively small database (<100 MB) is the most important to back up.
• Activity Monitor - Contains information about past activities. In large clusters, this database can grow large. Configuring an Activity Monitor database is only necessary if a MapReduce service is deployed.
• Reports Manager - Tracks disk utilization and processing activities over time. Medium-sized.
• Hive Metastore - Contains Hive metadata. Relatively small.
• Sentry Server - Contains authorization metadata. Relatively small.
• Cloudera Navigator Audit Server - Contains auditing information. In large clusters, this database can grow large.
• Cloudera Navigator Metadata Server - Contains authorization, policies, and audit report metadata. Relatively small.

使用外部数据库须要很多其它的输入以及相关工作，可是cloudera提供了很多其它的兼容性和扩展性，让你能够弹性的选择数据库和配置。

当然能够在一套系统中安装多种不同的数据库。可是这样会带来非常多不确定的因素。所以cloudera建议始终使用同一种数据库。

在非常多样例中，你须要将对应的service与database安装到同一台机器上，能够减小网络IO。提高总体效率。

当然，你也能够将service和database分开安装到不同的机器上。在大型部署中或者database管理员须要这种配置，比方这种场景，Oracle DBA须要独立的管理database。

搭建数据库的配置參考官网。有具体配置步骤：

搭建Cloudera Manager Server数据库

为Activity Monitor, Reports Manager, Hive Metastore, Sentry Server, Cloudera Navigator Audit Server, and Cloudera Navigator Metadata Server搭建外部数据库

为Hue。Oozie搭建外部数据库

下一篇文章中，我将具体介绍Cloudera Manager中database的存储机制。如何配置，调优等。

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