hbase_ranger_policies

Synopsis

Allow definition of a list of Apache Ranger policies for setting HBase permissions

Attributes

Each item of the list has the following attributes:

Name	req?	Description
name	yes	The policy name. Will be decorated to mark it as managed by HADeploy, as described in ranger_relay.
tables	yes	A list of HBase tables on which this policy will apply. Table should be expressed as <namespace>:<tablename>. Accept wildcard characters '*' and '?'.
column_families	no	A list of column families on which the policy will apply. Default: "*"
columns	no	A list of columns on which the policy will apply. Default: "*"
audit	no	Did this policy is audited by Ranger. Default: yes
enabled	no	Allow this policy to be disabled. Default: yes
no_remove	False	Boolean: Prevent this policy to be removed when HADeploy will be used in REMOVE mode. Default: no
permissions	yes	A list of permissions defining rights granted by this policy. See below
when	no	Boolean. Allow conditional deployment of this item. Default True

permissions

Each item of the permission list has the following attributes:

Name	req?	Description
users	yes if groups is undefined	A list of users this policy will apply on. May be empty if some groups are defined.
groups	yes if users is undefined	A list of groups this policy will apply on. May be empty if some users are defined.
accesses	yes	The list of rights granted by this policy. May include read, write, create and admin.
delegate_admin	no	When a policy is assigned to a user or a group of users those users become the delegated admin. The delegated admin can update and delete the policies. Default: no

Examples

hbase_ranger_policies:
- name: "FullAccessToNamespace1"
  tables: [ "namespace1:*" ]
  permissions:
  - users:
    - ns1admin
    accesses:
    - read
    - write
    - create
    - admin
  - groups:
    - someUsers
    users:
    - anotherUser
    accesses:
    - read
- name: "ReadAccesstoTableData1InNamespace2"
  tables: [ "namespace2:data1" ]
  permissions:
  - groups:
    - users
    accesses:
    - read