What's New in Apache Phoenix

This topic lists new features for Apache Phoenix in this release of Cloudera Runtime.

Apache Phoenix is now generally available

Apache Phoenix in CDP is now generally available from this version of the Cloudera Runtime.

Connect to PQS through Apache Knox

You can connect to the PQS using the JDBC thin client and the Apache Knox gateway. Apache Knox requires your thin client connection to be over HTTPS. For more information, see Connect to PQS through Apache Knox.

Manage Apache Phoenix Security using Apache Ranger

Apache Ranger now manages authorization and access control through a user interface that ensures consistent policy administration for both Apache Phoenix and Apache HBase. For more information see Managing Apache Phoenix Security.

For more information about Apache Phoenix, see Phoenix Overview.

Apache Phoenix-Spark Connector

You can use Apache Phoenix-Spark connector on your secured clusters to perform READ and WRITE operations. The Phoenix-Spark connector allows Spark to load Phoenix tables as Resilient Distributed Datasets (RDDs) or DataFrames, and lets you save them back to Phoenix. For more information see Understanding Apache Phoenix-Spark Connector.

Apache Phoenix-Hive Connector

You can use Apache Phoenix-Hive connector to access the Phoenix data from Hive without any data transfer. When you use this connector, the Business Intelligence (BI) logic in Hive can access the operational data available in Phoenix. For more information see Understanding Apache Phoenix-Hive Connector.