Starting the Cloudera Manager Admin Console
The Cloudera Manager Admin console enables you to use Cloudera Manager to configure and monitor your cluster. In this release, the Cloudera Manager Admin console supports the following web browsers:
- Internet Explorer 9
- Google Chrome
- Safari 5
- Firefox 3.6 and later
To start the Cloudera Manager Admin Console:
- In a web browser, type the following URL:
http(s)://<Server host>:<port>
where: <Server host> is the name or IP address of the host machine where the Cloudera Manager Server is installed. <port> is the port configured for the Cloudera Manager Server. The default port is 7180.
- Log into the Cloudera Manager Admin Console. The admin user credentials are:
Username: admin Password: admin

For security, change the password for the default admin user account as soon as possible. You can also add user accounts and selectively assign admin privileges to them as necessary. For instructions, see the Changing the Password for an Account.