Question: We wanted to upgrade from Hortonworks HDP 2.6.x to CDP (Cloudera Data Platform), how we can proceed for the same, whether this is even possible?

Answer:  Ok, you need to understand three things over here

  • - CDP :  Cloudera Data Platform: This comes in two form "Platform As a Service" and that you can use in any public (AWS. Google Cloud, Azure) or private cloud (In house Data Center good for the on-premise deployment).
  • CDP-DC :  If you want to do your own download and setup in-house then you can go for Cloudera Data Platform Data Center Edition (CDP-DC). And to use CDP in production you need to have Cloudera Subscription agreement. 
  • - CDH : 
  • - HDP :  Hortonworks Data Platform, Currently there is no support for upgrading from HDP to Cloudera Data Platform Directly.