hive-site.xml
HiveServer2 supports Kerberos authentication for all clients.
Add the following information to the hive-site.xml file on
every host in your cluster:
Table 2.17. hive-site.xml Property Settings
|
Property Name |
Property Value |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
hive.metastore.sasl.enabled |
true |
If true, the Metastore Thrift interface will be secured with SASL and clients must authenticate with Kerberos. |
|
hive.metastore.kerberos.keytab.file |
/etc/security/keytabs/hive.service.keytab |
The keytab for the Metastore Thrift service principal. |
|
hive.metastore.kerberos.principal |
hive/_HOST@EXAMPLE.COM |
The service principal for the Metastore Thrift server. If _HOST is used as the hostname portion, it will be replaced with the actual hostname of the running instance. |
Following is the XML for these entries:
<property>
<name>hive.metastore.sasl.enabled</name>
<value>true</value>
<description>If true, the metastore thrift interface will be secured with SASL.
Clients must authenticate with Kerberos.</description>
</property>
<property>
<name>hive.metastore.kerberos.keytab.file</name>
<value>/etc/security/keytabs/hive.service.keytab</value>
<description>The path to the Kerberos Keytab file containing the
metastore thrift server's service principal.
</description>
</property>
<property>
<name>hive.metastore.kerberos.principal</name>
<value>hive/_HOST@EXAMPLE.COM</value>
<description>The service principal for the metastore thrift server. The
special string _HOST will be replaced automatically with the correct
hostname.</description>
</property>