Using Sqoop actions with Oozie
There are certain recommendations that you must consider for using Sqoop actions with Oozie.
Recommendations for using Sqoop actions with Oozie
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Cloudera recommends that you not use Sqoop CLI commands with an Oozie Shell Action. Such deployments are not reliable and prone to breaking during upgrades and configuration changes.
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To import data into Hive, use a combination of a Sqoop Action with a Hive2 Action.
- A Sqoop Action to simply ingest data into HDFS.
- A Hive2 Action that loads the data from HDFS into Hive.