Requirements for compressing and extracting files using Hue File Browser

Downloading multiple files from the Hue File Browser is not supported directly. If you want to download multiple files, you can compress them into a zip file and download the zip file. To use the compress and extract function, you must have the Oozie service installed on your cluster, along with other zip and unzip utilities.

Condition

You do not see the Compress option on the File Browser page in Hue.

Cause

This can happen because you may not have the Oozie service installed on your cluster, or it is not configured to be used with Hue.

Solution

You must have the Oozie service installed on your cluster. After installing Oozie, go to Cloudera Manager > Clusters > Hue service > Configuration, and select the Oozie Service option. Click Save Changes and restart the Hue service.

You must also install the following utilities for compressing and extracting files on your cluster:

zip
unzip
tar
bzip2