What's New in EEP 6.3.0

Summarizes the new features in Ezmeral Ecosystem Pack (EEP) 6.3.0.

EEP 6.3.0 provides defect repair and new features as described later on this page.

EEP 6.x can be used with MapR Core 6.1.0. For more information about EEP and MapR Core version support, see EEP Support and Lifecycle Status.

MapR Core Support for Red Hat / CentOS 7.7 and Ubuntu 18.04

The EEP 6.3.0 release adds MapR Core support for new versions of Red Hat / CentOS and Ubuntu. For a complete list of supported operating systems, see Operating System Support Matrix.

Upgrades Recommended for EEP 4.x and EEP 6.x Installations

The EEP 6.3.0 release includes EEP 6.3.0 and EEP 5.0.4, but no other EEP revisions. Specifically, the EEP 6.3.0 release does not include updates for the following EEPs:

EEP 4.0.x on MapR 6.0.1
EEP 4.1.x on MapR 6.0.1
EEP 6.0.x on MapR 6.1.0
EEP 6.1.x on MapR 6.1.0
EEP 6.2.x on MapR 6.1.0

If your cluster is currently running one of these EEPs and you want to upgrade to obtain new features or defect repair, you must upgrade to EEP 5.0.4 on MapR 6.01 or EEP 6.3.0 on MapR 6.1.0. For more information about upgrading, see:

Java OJAI Thin Client

EEP 6.3.0 adds a Java OJAI "Thin" Client to the list of lightweight client applications that use the MapR Data Access Gateway to send requests to the MapR data platform. These client applications, which include C#, Go, Python, and Node.js, provide lightweight libraries that support the OJAI API and function as an alternative to the Java OJAI client.

For more information, see these topics:

EEP 6.3.0 Ecosystem Components

HBase Support

EEP 6.3.0 includes support for Apache HBase 1.1.13. Previously, the last HBase version supported with MapR Core was HBase 1.1.8. For information about new features, patches, and known issues, see HBase 1.1.13.0-1912 (EEP 6.3.0) Release Notes.

For Apache HBase new-feature and bug-fix information, see these Apache pages:

For upgrade considerations, see Considerations for Upgrading to HBase 1.1.13.

To configure MapR-SASL security, see Configure MapR-SASL Security (Authentication and Encryption) for HBase.

For MapR HBase documentation, see HBase.

Drill 1.16.0.10

EEP 6.3.0 includes support for Drill 1.16.0.10.

For a list of updates, see Drill 1.16.0.10-1912 (EEP 6.3.0) Release Notes.

Hive 2.3.6

EEP 6.3.0 includes support for Hive 2.3.6.

For a list of new features and updates, see Hive 2.3.6-1912 (EEP 6.3.0) Release Notes.

Hue 4.3.0 with Livy 0.5.0

EEP 6.3.0 includes support for Hue 4.3.0 with Livy 0.5.0.

For a list of new features and updates, see Hue 4.3.0.100-1912 (EEP 6.3.0) Release Notes.

Impala 2.12.0.100: EEP 6.3.0 includes support for Impala 2.12.0.100.
For a list of updates, see Impala 2.12.0.100-1912 Release Notes.

Oozie 5.1.0.300: EEP 6.3.0 includes support for Oozie 5.1.0.300.
For a list of updates, see Oozie 5.1.0.300-1912 (EEP 6.3.0) Release Notes.

Spark 2.4.4.0

EEP 6.3.0 includes support for Spark 2.4.4.0.

For a list of new features and updates, see Spark 2.4.4.0-1912 Release Notes.

MapR Installer Support for EEP 6.3.0: Mapr Installer 1.13.0.0 supports EEP 6.3.0 and maintenance EEP 5.0.4, as well as previously released EEPs. For more information, see Release History for EEPs and Installer Updates.