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Building Apache Ambari from Source

This guide explains how to build Apache Ambari 3.0 and its related subprojects from source code.

Prerequisites​

Before you begin, ensure you have the following requirements installed:

System Requirements​

  • Operating System: Rocky Linux 8 or 9 (recommended)
  • Python 3 Development Tools (python3-devel)

Java Requirements​

  • Ambari Main Project: JDK 17
  • Ambari Metrics: JDK 8
  • Ambari Infra: JDK 8

Additional Packages​

  • snappy-devel

Building Ambari Main Project​

1. Clone the Repository​

git clone git@github.com:apache/ambari.git
cd ambari

2. Build Options​

Build Without RPM​

To build Ambari without creating RPM packages:

mvn -B -T 2C clean install package \
    -Drat.skip=true \
    -DskipTests \
    -Dmaven.test.skip=true \
    -Dfindbugs.skip=true \
    -Dcheckstyle.skip=true

Build With RPM​

To build Ambari and create RPM packages:

mvn -B -T 2C clean install package rpm:rpm \
    -Drat.skip=true \
    -DskipTests \
    -Dmaven.test.skip=true \
    -Dfindbugs.skip=true \
    -Dcheckstyle.skip=true

The RPM packages will be generated at:

  • Ambari Agent: ambari/ambari-agent/target/rpm/ambari-agent/RPMS/x86_64/ambari-agent-3.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT.x86_64.rpm
  • Ambari Server: ambari/ambari-server/target/rpm/ambari-server/RPMS/x86_64/ambari-server-3.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT.x86_64.rpm

Building Ambari Metrics​

Performance Optimization

To significantly improve build performance, download binary dependencies locally before building:

  1. Create a local directory for dependencies:
mkdir -p /ws/dl/
  1. Download the required binary files:
wget -P /ws/dl/ http://repo.bigtop.apache.org.s3.amazonaws.com/bigtop-stack-binary/3.2.0/centos-7/x86_64/hbase-2.4.13-bin.tar.gz
wget -P /ws/dl/ http://repo.bigtop.apache.org.s3.amazonaws.com/bigtop-stack-binary/3.2.0/centos-7/x86_64/hadoop-3.3.4.tar.gz
wget -P /ws/dl/ https://dl.grafana.com/oss/release/grafana-11.1.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
wget -P /ws/dl/ http://repo.bigtop.apache.org.s3.amazonaws.com/bigtop-stack-binary/3.2.0/centos-7/x86_64/phoenix-hbase-2.4-5.1.2-bin.tar.gz
  1. Modify the pom.xml in ambari-metrics project to use local files:
<!-- Update these properties to use local files -->
<properties>
    <hbase.tar>file:///ws/dl/hbase-2.4.13-bin.tar.gz</hbase.tar>
    <hadoop.tar>file:///ws/dl/hadoop-3.3.4.tar.gz</hadoop.tar>
    <grafana.tar>file:///ws/dl/grafana-11.1.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz</grafana.tar>
    <phoenix.tar>file:///ws/dl/phoenix-hbase-2.4-5.1.2-bin.tar.gz</phoenix.tar>
</properties>

This optimization will save significant time during repeated builds by avoiding large downloads.

1. Clone the Repository​

git clone git@github.com:apache/ambari-metrics.git
cd ambari-metrics

2. Build Options​

Build Without RPM​

To build Ambari Metrics without creating RPM packages:

mvn -T 2C clean install -DskipTests

Build With RPM​

To build Ambari Metrics and create RPM packages:

mvn -T 2C clean install -DskipTests -Dbuild-rpm

To locate the generated RPM packages:

find ./ -name "*.rpm"

Building Ambari Infra​

1. Clone the Repository​

git clone git@github.com:apache/ambari-infra.git
cd ambari-infra

2. Build RPM Package​

make rpm