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Mammoth Upgrade Fails on Step 3 with "ERROR: Unable to create hdfs user on the Active Directory" (Doc ID 2385044.1)

Last updated on AUGUST 03, 2021

Applies to:

Big Data Appliance Integrated Software - Version 4.9.0 and later
Linux x86-64

Symptoms

NOTE: In the examples that follow, user details, cluster names, hostnames, directory paths, filenames, etc. represent a fictitious sample (and are used to provide an illustrative example only). Any similarity to actual persons, or entities, living or dead, is purely coincidental and not intended in any manner. 

Mammoth fails at Step 3 with:

ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can't contact LDAP server (-1)
ldap_sasl_bind(SIMPLE): Can't contact LDAP server (-1)
ERROR: Unable to create hdfs user on the Active Directory, please make sure that the Oracle OS and Cloudera admin passwords meet your Active Directory password restrictions before continuing.

 

Cause

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Symptoms
Cause
Solution
 Additional Verifications
 Configure ldap.conf Correctly


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