Apache Hadoop 3.1.3 incorporates a number of significant enhancements over the previous major release line (hadoop-2.x).
This release is generally available (GA), meaning that it represents a point of API stability and quality that we consider production-ready.
This release is a maintainance release. Users are encouraged to read the full set of changelog. This page provides some of the major changes.
Failover for LdapGroupsMapping - HADOOP-15950
DelegationTokenAuthenticationFilter get wrong doAsUser since it does not decode URL - HADOOP-15922
Service AM support for decommissioning component instances - YARN-8761
Avoid allocating opportunistic containers to previous/removed/non-exist application attempt - YARN-9238
Standby does not trigger edit log rolling when in-progress edit log tailing is enabled - HDFS-14317
The Hadoop documentation includes the information you need to get started using Hadoop. Begin with the Single Node Setup which shows you how to set up a single-node Hadoop installation. Then move on to the Cluster Setup to learn how to set up a multi-node Hadoop installation.