Hue v3.0.0, released Friday 20th, September 2013

Hue, http://gethue.com, is an open source UI for Hadoop and its satellite projects.

It makes the whole platform (e.g. HDFS, MapReduce, Hive, Oozie, Pig, Impala, Solr, Sqoop, ZooKeeper…) easy to use and accessible from your browser (e.g. upload files to HDFS, send Hive queries from a Web editor, build workflows with Drag & Drop… all within a single app).

1. Notable Features

Sqoop With the Sqoop 2 application data from databases can be easily exported or imported into HDFS in a scalable way. The Job Wizard hides the complexity of creating Sqoop jobs and the dashboard offers a live progress and log access.
Zookeeper Navigate and browse the Znode hierarchy and content of a Zookeeper cluster. Znodes can be added, deleted and edited. Multi-clusters are supported and their various statistics are available.
Shell app is removed and replaced by Pig Editor, HBase Browser and the Sqoop apps.
Python 2.6 is required.
Beeswax daemon is replaced by HiveServer2.

2. Notable Fixes

HUE-897 [core] Redesign of the overall layout
HUE-1521 [core] Improve JT HA
HUE-1493 [beeswax] Replace Beeswaxd by HiveServer2
HUE-1474 [core] upgrade django from 1.2 to 1.4
HUE-1506 [search] Impersonation support
HUE-1475 [core] Switch back from spawning server

3. Compatibility

Runs on CentOS versions 5 to 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Ubuntu 10.04 to 12.10. CentOS 5 requires EPEL python package.

Tested with CDH5beta1. Specifically:

Hadoop 0.20 / 2.2.0
Hive 0.11.0
Oozie 4.0
HBase 0.94
Pig 0.12
Impala 1.0 / 1.1
Solr 4.0
Sqoop2 1.99.3

Supported Browsers:

Windows: Chrome, Firefox 3.6+, Internet Explorer 9+, Safari 5+
Linux : Chrome, Firefox 3.6+
Mac: Chrome, Firefox 3.6+, Safari 5+

Runs with Python 2.6+

4. List of 245 Commits

2bdf150 [core] Add some tours
9b50092 [core] jHueTour should support external links too
b51826e HUE-1577 [search] Remove null bytes in Solr response
799d197 HUE-1417 [oozie] Check for valid action name
6439222 HUE-1573 [beeswax] Save query button fails
5273649 HUE-1561 [beeswax] HiveServer2 0.11 async query support
943c6ef HUE-1575 [beeswax] expand_exception attribute message fix
6a1d529 Preparing for Hadoop 2.1.0
d0426f5 [beeswax] Make sure IE doesn’t cache ajax requests
84e7dd2 [pig] Report error when submittion fails
d60b3e4 HUE-1541 [core] SAML logout
0d343b1 HUE-1554 [core] Polishing glitches from new design
7493d17 HUE-1567 [search] Add support for a default sort order
653aac3 [core] Make minicluster temp. dir readable
b2825a4 [sqoop] Fix tests
ba25522 HUE-1559 [core] app registry should truncate and overwrite
1501975 [useradmin] Fix ensure home directory name conflict
d6b3d47 HUE-1553 [sqoop2] tests
ab37b4b [hbase] Regen thrift command update
fc8edaa [core] Add video functionalities to jHueTour
fc7b44d HUE-1553 [sqoop2] tests
92cc4a9 HUE-1549 [oozie] Date widget does not persist manually entered date
5cd0d81 [useradmin] Fix sync_ldap_users_and_groups command
5bba2e2 HUE-1529 [core] cookies should be secure
b49532b HUE-1538 [core] Change jHueNotify to event based
6255e27 [desktop] Fix test by using a non deprecated view
a5694b6 HUE-1546 [oozie] Support same coordinators into a bundle
60b54d1 HUE-1547 [core] SAML bugs
4ed5122 HUE-1528 [core] expose way to change session timeout
e6fab10 [beeswax] remove SUPERVISOR_SPEC
709ab08 HUE-1367 [core] Dump config can be slow
464eb31 HUE-1545 [core] Improve SAML configuration parameters
91fae47 Complete search doc. Add search doc to index. Fix broken links in converted docs. New and updated graphics.
82820ca HUE-1543 [core] Consolidate Filechooser plugin
879766c HUE-1537 [core] serve_404_error does not use 404 status code
2e924d4 [sqoop2] Documentation
e47a0e2 [oozie] Adding missing migration
3d3ef2c [docs] Improved styles
1657671 HUE-1351 [search] Introduce default result templates
2ff2067 [doc] Add HBase documentation
9a77557 [search] Default template should display all the fields
5acec75 HUE-1524 [core] LDAP warning even if not used
4fed792 HUE-1536 [core] check_config should not show a warning in case of valid JT failover
c418e35 Fix builds
f3bdad5 HUE-917 [core] Support SAML based authentication
a091b41 HUE-1534 [zookeeper] host_ports conf parsing breaking
238d0a2 [jobsub] Remove deprecated oozielib config
155025a [core] see sqlite3 as an acceptable shortname for django.db.backends.sqlite3
76abc78 [core] Fix test runner return code
18ce78f [sqoop2] Update client to sync with sqoop 1.99.3
03b66cf HUE-1531 [jobbrowser] Avoid 500 when trying to open a log that doesn’t exist yet
c48454d HUE-1521 [core] Improve JT HA
571f90a [core] Upgrade jenkins to 4.5.0 Hadoop snapshots
e0cf015 [zookeeper] Avoid 500 when no configured cluster
52d14b7 HUE-1391 [jobbrowser] last line repeated when executing oozie workflow
6449b8c HUE-1530 [oozie] Improve re-run dialogs
0301b9e [impala] Fix test checking for impersonation
3e0d488 [core] Listing new Zookeeper App
e390919 [zookeeper] Allow multi custers
abb4efd [zookeeper] Plug in 18n
2598154 [zookeeper] Ported app to Hue3 style
23eff10 [zookeeper] Porting to current master
4237673 [zookeeper] Initial commit
96ec70e HUE-1526 [search] Solve licensing issues of color picker component
09e5e4b [oozie] Fix management form tampering in a test
351ec02 HUE-1525 [hbase] Query is cleared upon new submission of one
311e51a HUE-1239 [core] PooledClient should use poll
ea7d2d7 HUE-1517 [hbase] Edit Modals are a bit thin
012a8d9 HUE-1518 [hbase] Some Final Bugfixes & Polish
d123e0f HUE-1515 [hbase] Search Navbar no longer stickies in tableview
347d01e HUE-1484 [hbase] Grid layout option
4bf6431 HUE-1487 [hbase] Add column for should support binary
bfd5176 HUE-1511 [pig] Editor interprets slash in literal constant as a path
515115a HUE-897 Small fixes on Beeswax and Metastore
8bbf825 HUE-1506 [search] Impersonation support
d9ce59f HUE-1505 [impala] Impersonation support
6582441 [metastore] Do not check for valid number of columns
62116e0 HUE-1499 [hbase] Extraneous GA logs
a0e28ec HUE-897 Initial port of HBase to Hue 3
b0b25c0 HUE-1486 [hbase] Bulk upload support
ac7dd85 HUE-1513 [hbase] Various bugs and improvements
d3dcd3b HUE-897 Ported Beeswax app to Hue 3
73fbe8d HUE-897 Ported Sqoop2 app to Hue 3
5750f1b HUE-1509 [core] Truncate hue.pth instead of overwrite
3df4c7c HUE-897 Oozie ported to Hue 3
8e709b4 HUE-897 Better titles for Search admin in Hue 3
7e14448 HUE-1490 [hbase] Display and edit binary avro
edc2115 HUE-1507 [hbase] Selecting Filter without hilighted linker replaces previous filter
0c06825 HUE-1510 [core] Remove symlink from pth manager
50772d1 HUE-1473 [hbase] Cell History does a put
50b65c2 HUE-1498 [hbase] On page load family-less routed column queries not working properly
f715faa [core] Localization pass number two for 2.5
9029c2c [search] Add date type in the date and range facets
7b3c3d9 [hbase] Remove unused models
22f65fb HUE-1309 [core] ldap attributes are case sensitive
778992e HUE-897 Ported Job Browser to Hue 3
028e94c HUE-897 Ported Metastore Manager to Hue 3
3035167 HUE-897 Changed primary button color, login logo and error page
7c6fc8b HUE-897 Better Hive icon
deb6a34 HUE-1502 [core] database short names in config
e68c45c HUE-897 Ported Search to Hue 3
f3db1e1 [metastore] Avoid 500 on table page when missing a serde
1d34cee HUE-897 [core] Redesign of the overall layout
b2be145 HUE-897 [core] Redesign of the overall layout
46c4936 HUE-897 [core] Redesign of the overall layout
abbadc7 [core] Ported utils and admin wizard to Hue 3
29074f7 HUE-1500 [core] upgrade virtual env to 1.10.1
42eeb32 HUE-1483 [hbase] Better cell editor
9e85837 HUE-1491 [hbase] Column Prefix Filter only works for number prefixes
464c0f7 HUE-1480 [hbase] Make column family optional in searchbar
285d7da HUE-1371 [core] Encoding error on download logs
480d66a HUE-1479 [hbase] Column range scan in search bar
43ec833 HUE-1337 [impala] Cleanup some old Beeswax classes
e711562 Revert "Revert "HUE-1337 [impala] ResetCatalog() is deprecated in 1.1""
362597e [core] Added files to .gitignore (cherry picked from commit 7c22bcbb92ba4822644a99141234c38d826b8640)
05a12ba [filebrowser] Ported to Hue 3
4f7214a [useradmin] Ported UI to Hue3 (cherry picked from commit f987fa97012a6c90d72a8f57669c3bdde019bc2f)
bb4cd04 [core] Added new style, ported icons to monochromatic, converted help app (cherry picked from commit bfb85d1cf7338ac134d44fda9ea047a4cf05a1c8)
8860075 [core] Moved JS files out of Source/jhue folder (cherry picked from commit b48b283de8ad8bb5f7ac36e7b7b7842a9bf87eb2)
aed634d [core] Moved JS files out of Source/jhue folder (cherry picked from commit 64a24ab03b04c2f2acac01f92f3350ee3e49b67d)
30b4b73 [sqoop] Correct from and to labels for export or import jobs
b99c811 [sqoop2] Fix databind errors when saving and running first job and connection
73eb89b HUE-1495 [beeswax] Use operation handle for async queries
393edec HUE-1460 [beeswax] Support non acii char in the editor
231c8d3 [core] Remove some Java dependencies
f3104d3 [core] More obvious debugging settings
7e55817 HUE-1496 [sqoop2] Spinner showing when can’t connect
3467bcb HUE-1475 [core] Switch back from spawning server
7383d32 HUE-1493 [beeswax] Replace Beeswaxd by HiveServer2
8791f0d HUE-1489 [core] Upgrade django nose
49788fd HUE-1478 [hbase] Simplify main layout
cde7ccb HUE-1481 [hbase] Improve autocomplete
d6ec5aa HUE-1492 [hbase] Create new table popup is not hidden on creation
d817bdc HUE-1488 [oozie] Coordinator should reuse workflow properties
146516d [sdk] Couple fixes to the desktop app template
3cc5304 HUE-1474 [core] upgrade django from 1.2 to 1.4
3413f59 HUE-1463 [metastore] Do not assume default database when creating a table
e9b0536 [core] Setting version to 3.0.0
60dc395 [search] Add missing import
9a3a90d [search] Fix i18n extraction
29393e0 [search] Security support
fbaa152 HUE-1477 [hbase] Autocomplete hints for column prefix & scan
463603a HUE-1425 [hbase] Number row key breaks the parser
797ea35 HUE-1470 [hbase] Autocomplete should be selectable by keys
91ed126 HUE-1471 [hbase] i18n on all js strings
895f30d HUE-1432 [hbase] Move lazy-loading to backend
0048739 HUE-1453 [beeswax] hive server 2 principal hostname replacement incorrect
b518b4f HUE-1439 [hbase] Column range help in search bar
bd73e46 HUE-1443 [hbase] Upload data to a cell
688ac7f HUE-1467 [sqoop2] Fix spinner in IE9
26bd4dd HUE-1468 [sqoop2] Fix ajax caching problems in IE9
18c437a HUE-1436 [hbase] Autocomplete rows
cb3de6a HUE-1381 [sqoop2] support for mapped type
be864cf HUE-1440 [hbase] Escape search terms
c8bc814 HUE-1466 [core] "Next" button (step4) in Quick Start Wizard doesn’t work
c36036e HUE-1444 [hbase] CSS issues in ie9
bee9929 HUE-1430 [hbase] Disable and drop options
a561f69 HUE-1413 [hbase] Cell History Display in Modal
a74da34 HUE-1414 [hbase] Searchbar Filter Autocomplete
4e9529a HUE-1465 [sqoop2] Visual feedback on save and save and run buttons
640c6c1 HUE-1407 [sqoop2] When validating show the step where the error occurs
6871658 HUE-1464 [hbase] hyphens not supported in cluster name
868ae3d HUE-1445 [hbase] Column Filters are Persistent & throws NoSuchColumnFamily error on nav
1a198df HUE-1458 [hbase] Lose query from search bar
0a8cd62 [core] LDAP backend should use search/bind semantics
dd5e519 HUE-1429 [useradmin] LdapSync of groups in AD with more than 30 chars in the group name fails
4bc57eb HUE-1454 [sqoop2] Validate path when editing
e671f33 [hbase] Fix create table additional families placeholders
a888d6d HUE-1459 [hbase] New table and row modals are not reset
c016260 HUE-1441 [hbase] Sort is broken
f5ced10 [core] Do not mask exceptions for non logged in users
494418b [oozie] Kill email action is not saved
8b1c257 HUE-1451 [sqoop2] Improve UX
7b206d6 HUE-1419 [pig] Show error line
137ad36 [beeswax] Bug when using Hue + Kerberos + Hive metastore server on a different host
c65963d [useradmin] LdapSync of groups in AD with members who’s DN’s are like "CN=Last1\, First,CN=Users,DC=Test,DC=Com fail.
f1f31ee [hbase] Correct naming in create table modal
d9f72b0 [sqoop] Various UX improvements for export job
074f336 HUE-994 [impala] Close queries
8f52347 HUE-1412 [core] Add splash screen to Follow me tour plugin
1d30419 HUE-1447 [hbase] New Row Broken
b85424a [oozie] Refactor editor menu
bc36d4d HUE-1393 [hbase] Routing to tableview does not clear query
fc50df5 [desktop] Bacht of translations for 2.5
76dd7f8 [metastore] Rename readonly permissions
b73d015 [oozie] Hue test TestEditorWithOozie.test_import_workflow is failing
3feeaed HUE-1423 [hbase] Various Searchbar Improvements
fd25c61 HUE-1435 [hbase] Searchbar & tableview cleanup
9ade5ab HUE-1431 [hbase] Truncate the columns in the backend
18804c7 HUE-1434 [hbase] Buggy Searchbar
25a91c3 HUE-1400 [hbase] Abe Review
a3f23b9 HUE-1408 [sqoop2] Ask confirmation when deleting
5d50863 HUE-1427 [sqoop2] Search for job type
36add80 HUE-1426 [sqoop2] fix status observable
1cc738c HUE-1421 [sqoop2] Save and run with new job
fffd5a4 HUE-1402 [sqoop] Error when clicking too soon on a job on the dashboard
190758c HUE-1422 [sqoop2] double submission progress
c311f4f [core] Converting to mako python variables
ba43e62 [fb] Display full HDFS exception message instead of None
58993a9 HUE-1409 [pig] Autocomplete table names
d354864 HUE-1405 [sqoop2] Improve job title on the job list
b149add HUE-1406 [sqoop2] Create import/export buttons instead of dropdown
575ef16 HUE-1420 [core] Migrate common_footer from html to mako
3ef7183 HUE-1420 [core] Migrate common_footer from html to mako
487a3df [oozie] Add informative message about "to" field in kill node editor
b838e73 HUE-1415 [hbase] Better UX for table management
78c3609 [pig] Fix log scrolling when re-submitting a script
9ffef6a [search] Escape facets in pagination buttons
e59de3d [oozie] Allow kill actions to pass through an email action
c73dca8 HUE-1403 [hbase] Searchbar Column Prefix & FilterString Support
f063460 [beeswax] Do not 500 when clicking on query not in HS2 history
c994659 [core] Various UX improvements
3e5b99d HUE-1411 [pig] Autocomplete doesn’t work on the recent Firefox versions
df0ae48 HUE-1404 [jb] Finished jobs are not updated in live
5d30681 [desktop] Move data collection to ini
80e5835 HUE-1380 [sqoop2] support for boolean type
2b8f938 HUE-1401 [hbase] Show 500 Error Upon Down Cluster
740b3cd [oozie] Error link to start node disallowed
8fab928 HUE-1395 [sqoop] Improve UI
91c9d24 [desktop] More consistent 500 page
ca33a61 [beeswax] HiveServer2 impersonation property was renamed
4820ab3 HUE-1330 [oozie] Make kill action target configurable
df14937 HUE-1399 [hbase] GA tracking not proper URL
a462d34 HUE-1392 [hbase] Searchbar Rewrite
ad1cd53 HUE-1397 [hbase] Avoid filter well to split to a new line
1a355b5 HUE-1394 [pig] The stop button doesn’t show up in certain cases
0ee74d6 [core] Check for file named hue.pth.lnk before creating it
8bfc052 HUE-1385 [sqoop2] Save and run at the end of the job edit wizard
23eda7b HUE-1390 [sqoop2] output directory available in filebrowser
1c28513 HUE-1396 [pig] Wrong links on the log panel
b350068 [beeswax] HiveServer2 changed metadata API to be consistent
29bd135 [beeswax] HiveServer2 impersonation support
1717d87 HUE-1378 [sqoop2] move "name" to first page in wizard
d15d1be [jb] Cleanup tests to be less flaky
c517088 HUE-1330 [oozie] Make kill action target configurable
f21df02 HUE-1362 [metastore] Readonly mode permissions
9cb5240 [desktop] Update home with HBase and Sqoop
13cd820 [core] Add missing licences
b625deb HUE-1387 [core] Follow me tour plugin
e246fb5 [core] programatic syncdb should be executed in shell
582a8d3 [core] Fix symlinks in pth manager and check for hue binary before sync’ing
b7824d9 [core] Fix English mistakes
d06f8a0 [beeswax] Make create table test more robust
3f366a1 [core] Fix 500 handler
e07a192 [doc] Adding 2.5 release notes
f813a7a HUE-1386 [search] Searching with non-English queries is unavailable
5884c3d HUE-1387 [core] Follow me tour plugin
8362606 HUE-1214 [sqoop] Sqoop App

5. Contributors

This Hue release is made possible thanks to the contribution from:

Aaron Newton
Aaron T. Myers
Abraham Elmahrek
Aditya Acharya
Alex Newman
Andrew Bayer
Andrew Yao
Ann McCown
bc Wong
Ben Bishop
Bruce Mitchener
Bruno Mahé
Eli Collins
Enrico Berti
Eric Wong
Harsh J
Henry Robinson
Jon Natkins
Kevin Wang
Lars Francke
Loren Siebert
Marcus McLaughlin
Mike Cotton
Paul Battaglia
Philip Zeyliger
Romain Rigaux
Roman Shaposhnik
Shawn Van Ittersum
Shrijeet Paliwal
Thomas Aylott
Todd Lipcon
Vinithra Varadharajan