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Hadoop Files connection properties

When you set up a Hadoop Files connection, you must configure the connection properties.
Important: Hadoop Files Connector is deprecated and has been moved to maintenance mode. Informatica intends to drop support in a future release. Informatica recommends that you use Hadoop Files V2 Connector to access Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS).
The following table describes the Hadoop Files connection properties:
Connection property
Description
Connection Name
Name of the Hadoop Files connection.
Description
Description of the connection. The description cannot exceed 765 characters.
Type
Type of connection. Select Hadoop Files.
Runtime Environment
The name of the runtime environment where you want to run the tasks.
User Name
Required to read data from HDFS. Enter a user name that has access to the single-node HDFS location to read data from or write data to.
NameNode URI
The URI to access HDFS.
Use the following format to specify the name node URI in Cloudera, Amazon EMR, and Hortonworks distributions:
hdfs://<namenode>:<port>/
Where
  • - <namenode> is the host name or IP address of the name node.
  • - <port> is the port that the name node listens for remote procedure calls (RPC).
If the Hadoop cluster is configured for high availability, you must copy the fs.defaultFS value in the core-site.xml file and append / to specify the name node URI.
For example, the following snippet shows the fs.defaultFS value in a sample core-site.xml file:
<property>
<name>fs.defaultFS</name>
<value>hdfs://nameservice1</value>
<source>core-site.xml</source>
</property>
In the above snippet, the fs.defaultFS value is
hdfs://nameservice1
and the corresponding name node URI is
hdfs://nameservice1/
Note: Specify either the name node URI or the local path. Do not specify the name node URI if you want to read data from or write data to a local file system path.
Local Path
A local file system path to read data from or write data to. Do not specify local path if you want to read data from or write data to HDFS. Read the following conditions to specify the local path:
  • - You must enter NA in local path if you specify the name node URI. If the local path does not contain NA, the name node URI does not work.
  • - If you specify the name node URI and local path, the local path takes the preference. The connection uses the local path to run all tasks.
  • - If you leave the local path blank, the agent configures the root directory (/) in the connection. The connection uses the local path to run all tasks.
Hadoop Distribution
Hadoop distribution name. Enter CLOUDERA, EMR, or HDP based on the HDFS instance you want to use for the connection.
You can use Kerberos authentication for the Cloudera CDH and Hortonworks HDP Hadoop distributions.
Note: Use all uppercase letters to specify the Hadoop distribution name.
Keytab File
The file that contains encrypted keys and Kerberos principals to authenticate the machine.
Principle Name
Users assigned to the superuser privilege can perform all the tasks that a user with the administrator privilege can perform.
Impersonation Username
You can enable different users to run mappings in a Hadoop cluster that uses Kerberos authentication or connect to sources and targets that use Kerberos authentication. To enable different users to run mappings or connect to big data sources and targets, you must configure user impersonation.