Apache Zeppelin Login Banner

Apache Zeppelin does not yet have an easy way to include a logon banner, login banner, warning banner, 'notice and consent banner', 'approved system use notification', security message, or whatever-you-want-to-call-it.

A client needed one so I put together these instructions for a workaround. I plan on submitting a proper patch to Zeppelin if I can find some spare time. Hopefully someone else will do it first :)

These instructions use Hortonworks HDP 2.6.4.0-91 for specific locations. If you are using something else, you just need to change the path of the war and html file.

Zeppelin serves the login popup from /usr/hdp/2.6.4.0-91/zeppelin/webapps/webapp/components/login/login.html
It is possible to just change that file, but every time the Zeppelin service is restarted, the Zeppelin war is unpacked and login.html is overwritten.

We will alter the login.html copy inside the war file. This will have to be redone every time Zeppelin  is upgraded (such as a new HDP release), but not during normal operations.

The result is a message that appears on the login popup.

Very quick Domain Controller Cert Auth for testing

I needed to test certain scenarios for a client against a Microsoft Active Directory Domain Controller and Intermediate Certificate Authority. The easiest way was to use Vagrant with the mwrock/Windows2012R2 box.

I wasn't able to automate the complete install, but did get it to a set of cut-and-paste lines.

Code is at [ https://github.com/awcoleman/vagrant_win_ad_dc_ca_test ]

Copy Vagrantfile into new directory
Follow directions in README.txt

The next iteration will probably use Ansible support for Windows (unfortunately there is no CA module)