Ranger is a framework to enable, monitor and manage comprehensive data security across the Hadoop platform. The vision with Ranger is to provide comprehensive security across the Apache Hadoop ecosystem.
- http://ranger.apache.org/
The following figure shows the working of Apache Ranger. Ranger provides authorization capabilities for a wide range of products and technologies in the Hadoop ecosystem.
Figure 13: Working of Apache Ranger (figure inferred from Hortonworks)Ranger’s authorization methodology is based on Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC). ABAC is based on four attributes namely subject, action, resource and environment. ...
