This is the documentation for Product Compatibility Matrix As Of Cloudera Manager 5.1.x and CDH 5.1.x.
Documentation for other versions is available at Cloudera.com.

Apache Sentry (incubating)

Sentry enables role-based, fine-grained authorization for HiveServer2 and provides classic database-style authorization for Hive, Cloudera Impala and Cloudera Search. You can use either the Sentry service (introduced in Cloudera Manager 5.1.0 and CDH 5.1.0) or the policy file approach to secure your data. For more information, refer the CDH and Cloudera Manager documentation.

Product Feature Lowest supported Cloudera Manager version Lowest supported CDH version Lowest supported Impala version Lowest supported Search version Integrated into CDH
Apache Sentry (incubating) Sentry Service Cloudera Manager 5.1.0 CDH 5.1.0 Impala 1.4.0 for CDH 5 Not Supported Yes
Policy File Cloudera Manager 4.7.0 CDH 4.3.0 Impala 1.2.1 Search 1.1.0 Yes; Starting CDH 4.4.0