HBase 1.1.8-1808 Release Notes

The notes below relate to the MapR Converged Data Platform.

These release notes contain only MapR-specific information and are not necessarily cumulative in nature. For information about how to use the release notes, see Ecosystem Component Release Notes.

Version 1.1.8
Release Date September 2018
MapR Version Interoperability See EEP Components and OS Support.
Source on GitHub https://github.com/mapr/hbase/tree/rel/1.1.8
Maven Artifacts https://repository.mapr.com/maven/
Package Names Navigate to https://package.ezmeral.hpe.com/releases/MEP/ and select your EEP and OS to view the list of package names.

New in this Release

  • HBase Master and HBase Regionserver are removed for MapR 6.0.0 and EEP 4.0.0. The Thrift and REST server packages are still available to support MapR Database binary tables.
  • MapR-SASL authentication, encryption, and impersonation for HBase Thrift Gateway are enabled by default on secure clusters.
  • On a secure cluster, by default, HBase REST and HBase Thrift read the ssl-client.xml file and configure SSL using this file.
  • PAM authentication, encryption, and impersonation for HBase REST are enabled by default on secure clusters.
NOTE HBase Master and HBase Regionserver are still available for previous EEP releases.

Resolved Issues

This MapR release includes the following bug fixes:

Bug Description
Bug 28640 Updated Jersey version to 1.19.4 in the MapR Spark connector. In addition, fixed the build failure for licenses and added a Jersey servlet dependency in the hbase-server/pom.xml file
MAPR-HBASE-20 Changed permissions to hbase-site.xml
MapR [Spark-245] Fixed Spark integration with MapR Database binary on MapR-SASL
MAPR-HBASE-22 Adding Impersonation configuration for HBase REST (enabled by default on secure clusters)
MAPR-HBASE-24 The key store and trust store password for hbase-rest and hbase-thrift are taken from ssl-client.xml
MAPR-HBASE-25 Updated zookeeper version in HBase from 3.4.6 to 3.4.11
MAPR-HBASE-31 Restart of HBase Rest and HBase Thrift services during configure.sh
MAPR-HBASE-2 Enabled secure by default for HBase Rest/Thrift Gateway