PrerequisitesCDP resource roles and other prerequisites
To get started in Cloudera Data Warehouse (CDW), your data must conform to supported compression codecs, and you must obtain CDP resource roles to grant users access to a public cloud environment. To get started in Cloudera Data Warehouse (CDW), your data must conform to supported compression codecs, and you must obtain CDP resource roles to grant users access to a private cloud environment. Users can then get started on CDW tasks, such as activating the environment from CDW.
Unsupported compression
CDW does not support LZO compression due to licensing of the LZO library. You cannot query tables having LZO compression in Virtual Warehouses, which use CDW Impala or Hive LLAP engines.
CDP resource roles
Required role: PowerUser
The following CDP resource roles are associated with
the CDW service. A CDP PowerUser must assign these roles to users who require access to the
Database Catalogs and Virtual Warehouses that are associated with specific environments. After granting these roles to users and groups, they then have
Single Sign-On (SSO) access to the Data Catalogs and Virtual Warehouses that are
associated with the environment.
After granting these roles to users and groups, they then have
access to the Data Catalogs and Virtual Warehouses that are associated with the
environment.
- DWAdmin: This role enables users or groups to grant a CDP user or group the ability to activate, terminate, launch, stop, or update services in Database Catalogs and Virtual Warehouses.
- DWUser: This role enables users or groups to view and use CDW clusters (Virtual Warehouses) that are associated with specific environments.
