[jira] [Created] (AMBARI-7929) Automate the installation of the SQL Server JDBC driver

["Florian Barca (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Florian Barca created AMBARI-7929:
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             Summary: Automate the installation of the SQL Server JDBC driver
                 Key: AMBARI-7929
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI-7929
             Project: Ambari
          Issue Type: Task
          Components: ambari-server
    Affects Versions: branch-windows-dev
         Environment: Windows Server 64-bit
            Reporter: Florian Barca
            Assignee: Florian Barca
             Fix For: branch-windows-dev


The SQL Server JDBC driver is only available as a self-extracting GUI application, which is unsuitable for download and install via the Ambari services. The styrategy to overcome this limitation is as follows:

1. Require the user to install the SQL Server JDBC Driver manually. This will comply to the EULA, and will give us green light to distribute the bits to all the machines in the cluster.
2. Pick up the bits and save them in the Server's resources directory.
3. The Agent will download the bits from the resources directory, and drop them on the machine in a standard directory, where they will be visible to all the components in the HDP stack.
This is actually the same approach as the Linux one, the only difference will be that the driver comes in 2 pieces - the sqljdbc4.jar file, and the sql_auth.dll shared lib, which is needed for integrated authentication, and which needs to be registered in the PATH environment variable (which is something the Ambari Agent will be in charge of).



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