HDFS Connection

The HDFS Connection shared resource contains all necessary parameters to connect to HDFS. It can be used by the HDFS Operation, ListFileStatus, Read, Write activities and the HCatalog Connection shared resource.

General

The General panel has the following fields.

Field Module Property? Description
Package No The name of the package where the shared resource is located.
Name No The name for the shared resource.
Description No A short description for the shared resource.

HDFSConfiguration

The HDFSConfiguration pannel has the following fields.

Field Module Property? Description
HDFS Url Yes The web HDFS URL to connect to HDFS.
User Name Yes A unique user name to identify each user connecting to HDFS.

Test Connection

Clicking Test Connection to test whether the specified configuration fields result in a valid connection to HDFS for design time configuration and runtime execution of the activities.