- Added Ubuntu host support. 
- Added support to upgrade Ambari. 
- Added support for Oracle JDK 1.7 and Open JDK 7. 
- Added the DATE dataytpe. 
- Added NameNode HA support (Hadoop 2). 
- Enhanced Sqpoop HCatalog support to allow direct mode connection manager implementations. 
- Added Security documentation on wire encryption, encrypted shuffle, and JDBC encryption. 
- Apache Ambari updated to version 1.4.1. This release of Apache Ambari includes the new features and improvements: - Added Hadoop 2 Stack option to Ambari. 
- Added support for enabling NameNode HA (for Hadoop 2 Stack). 
- Added support for Oracle JDK 1.7 and Open JDK 7. 
- Added Ambari Agent host-level Nagios alert. 
- Added Host Checks and cleanup script during Cluster Install and Add Hosts wizards. 
 


