Supported Databases for Cloudera Manager

Cloudera Manager requires several databases. The Cloudera Manager server stores information about configured services, role assignments, configuration history, commands, users, and running processes in a database of its own. The Activity Monitor, Service Monitor, Report Manager, and Host Monitor also each use a database to store information.

The database you choose to use must be configured to support UTF8 character set encoding. The embedded PostgreSQL database that is installed using Path A automatically provides UTF8 encoding. If you install a custom database, you may need to enable UTF8 encoding. The commands for enabling UTF8 encoding are described in each database's section under Installing and Configuring Databases.

After installing a database, upgrade to the latest patch version and apply any other appropriate updates. Note that the available updates may be specific to the operating system on which it is installed.

Cloudera Manager and its supporting services can use the following database systems and releases:

  • MySQL:
    • 5.0
    • 5.1
    • 5.5
  • Oracle
    • 10g Release 2
    • 11g Release 2
  • PostgreSQL
    • 8.1
    • 8.3
    • 8.4
    • 9.1