Accessing Storage Using Microsoft ADLS Gen 2

These topics focused on Microsoft ADLS from the core Cloudera Enterprise documentation library can help you deploy, configure, manage, and secure clusters in the cloud.

They are listed by broad category:

Configuring Azure credentials for external table:

To access data from external tables in the Azure filesystem, you need to configure Azure credentials by following these steps:
1. Go to Cloudera Manager > Administration > External Accounts.
2. Add credentials under Azure Credentials.
This configuration is essential for seamless access to Azure-based external tables.

Note the following limitations:

ADLS is not supported as the default filesystem. Do not set the default file system property (fs.defaultFS) to an abfss:// URI. You can use ADLS as secondary filesystem while HDFS remains the primary filesystem.
Hadoop Kerberos authentication is supported, but it is separate from the Azure user used for ADLS authentication.
Directory and file names should not end with a period. Paths that end in periods can cause inconsistent behavior, including the period disappearing. For more information, see HADOOP-15860.