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Hadoop HDFS Connection Properties

To connect to a Hadoop cluster through an HDFS host, configure a Hadoop HDFS application connection.

You connect to a Hadoop cluster through an HDFS host that runs the name node service for a Hadoop cluster.

The following table describes the properties that you configure for a Hadoop HDFS application connection:

Property	Description
Name	The connection name used by the Workflow Manager. Connection name cannot contain spaces or other special characters, except for the underscore character.
User Name	The name of the user in the Hadoop group that is used to access the HDFS host.
Password	Disabled. Authentication is not supported.
Host Name	The name of HDFS host that runs the name node service for the Hadoop cluster.
HDFS Port	The port number of the name node.
Hive Driver Name	The name of the Hive driver. By default, the driver name is: org.apache.hadoop.hive.jdbc.HiveDriver
Hive URL	The URL to the Hive host. Specify the URL in the following format: jdbc:hive://`hostname`:`portnumber`/default
Hive User Name	Not used. The Hive user name.
Hive Password	Not used. The password for the Hive user.
Hadoop Distribution	The name of the Hadoop distribution. You can choose one of the following options: Cloudera CDH Hortonworks HDP IBM BigInsights MapR Default is Cloudera.