Configuring the Spark Thrift Server

Use the following steps to configure the Apache Spark Thrift server.

The Apache Spark Thrift server is a service that allows JDBC and ODBC clients to run Spark SQL queries. The Spark Thrift server is a variant of HiveServer2.

Customizing the Spark Thrift Server Port

The default Spark Thrift server port is 10016. To specify a different port, select Spark > Config on the Ambari dashboard, then select Advanced spark-hive-site-override. Set the hive.server2.thrift.port property to the new port number. Click Save, then restart Spark and any other components that require a restart.