What's New in EEP 8.1.0
Summarizes the new features and product updates in Ecosystem Pack (EEP) 8.1.0.
EEP 8.1.0 can be used with core 6.2.0 and core 7.0.0. For more information about EEP and core version support, see EEP Support and Lifecycle Status.
EEP 8.1.0 Versions and Features
Component | EEP 8.0.0 Version | EEP 8.1.0 Version |
---|---|---|
Airflow | N/A | 2.2.1.0 |
Data Access Gateway | 3.0.0.0 | 4.0.0.0 |
Spark | 3.1.2 | 3.2.0 |
To compare the versions of various components in different EEPs, see Component Versions for Released EEPs.
FIPS Support
EEP 8.1.0 Component | FIPS Support |
---|---|
Airflow | No |
Data Access Gateway | Yes |
Drill | Yes |
HBase | Yes* |
Hive | Yes |
HTTPFS | Yes |
Hue | No |
Kafka REST | Yes |
Kafka Schema Registry | Yes |
Kafka Connect HDFS | Yes |
Kafka Connect JDBC | Yes |
KSQL | Yes |
Kafka Streams | Yes |
Livy | Yes** |
Oozie | Yes |
Spark | Yes** |
Tez | Yes |
YARN | Yes |
*HBase cannot be used in a mixed (FIPS and non-FIPS) configuration. For example, a non-FIPS client node cannot communicate with a FIPS server node.
**In a mixed (FIPS and non-FIPS) configuration, there is a known issue related to Spark and Livy applications when the Spark UI is enabled. See the Spark and Livy release notes.
For more information about FIPS, see FIPS Compliance for HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric. For release note information, see the Ecosystem Pack 8.1.0 Release Notes.
Discontinued Components
S3 Gateway, Oozie, and Data Science Refinery (DSR) were added to the list of discontinued components. For more information, see Discontinued Ecosystem Components.
Terminology Changes
Old Name | New Name |
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Ecosystem Pack (MEP)1 | Ezmeral Ecosystem Pack (EEP) |
HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric XD Distributed File and Object Store | HPE Ezmeral Data Fabric File Store |
Object Store with S3-Compatible API | S3 Gateway |
For more information about data-fabric terminology, see Documentation Enhancements in What's New in Release 7.8.
Support for Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 (But Not Ubuntu 16.04)
EEP 8.1.0 can be used with core 6.2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04 and 20.04 but is not supported with core 6.2.0 on Ubuntu 16.04. For a list of the operating systems that each EEP can support, see EEP Components and OS Support. For a list of the operating systems that different versions of core can support, see Operating System Support Matrix.
Installer Support for EEP 8.1.0
Installer 1.17.0.3 and later support EEP 8.1.0 and previously released EEPs. Installer 1.17.0.3 can be used on core 6.2.0 and core 7.0.0. For a list of the EEPs that are supported by different versions of the Installer, see Installer EEP Support.
Installer 1.17.0.x cannot be used with older versions of Ubuntu. For more information, see Selecting an Installer Version to Use.
EEP Upgrades
If your cluster is currently running EEP 5.x or 6.x, you can upgrade to Ecosystem Pack 6.3.5. If your cluster is running EEP 7.0.x or 7.1.x, you can upgrade to Ecosystem Pack 7.1.2 or 8.x.x.
EEP 8.1.0 Ecosystem Components and Release Notes
For a list of the EEP 8.1.0 components and their release notes, see Ecosystem Pack 8.1.0 Release Notes.
Version Change for Hive JAR Artifacts
Beginning with EEP 8.1.0, JAR artifacts for Hive use four digits instead of three digits. For more information, see Hive 2.3.9.0 - 2201 (EEP 8.1.0) Release Notes.
Availability of EEP 6.3.6
EEP 6.3.6 was released at the same time as EEP 8.1.0 to provide defect repair for EEP 6.3.x users.
API Server and Web Server Packages for EEP 8.1.0
mapr-apiserver
) and web server
(mapr-webserver
) packages that you must apply are different depending on
the core release version. And the packages for release 7.0.0 and release 6.2.0 reside in
different locations. Use the following table to determine which packages to use:For release | Use the API server and web server packages in the . . . |
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7.0.0 | Releases repository for core 7.0.0: |
6.2.0 | EEP repository for EEP 8.1.0: |
For more information about the API server and web server packages, see Setting Up the Control System.