Configure Shared Hive Data and Metadata Directories for Hue

About this task

To configure shared Hive data and metadata directories for Hue:

Procedure

  1. Change the hive.metastore.uris property as shown:
    <property>
      <name>hive.metastore.uris</name>
      <value>thrift://localhost:9083</value>
      <description> URI where clients contact Hive metastore server </description>
    </property>
    NOTE The hive.metastore.warehouse.dir property can keep its default value and does not need to be changed.
  2. Enable Hue impersonation by setting the following property to true.
    <property>
      <name>hive.metastore.execute.setugi</name>
      <value>true</value>
      <description> Set this property to enable Hive Metastore service impersonation in unsecure mode.
       In unsecure mode, setting this property to true causes the metastore to execute DFS operations
       using the client's reported user and group permissions. Note that this property must be set on
       BOTH the client and server sides. </description>
    </property>
  3. Set the location of the sharelib.
    <property>
      <name>oozie.service.WorkflowAppService.system.libpath</name>
      <value>/oozie/share/lib</value>
    </property>
  4. To enable the Hive Metastore service to share the embedded Derby database, add the following property blocks to the hive-site.xml file on the node running hiveserver2 to point to the location of the Derby metastore:
    <property>
      <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name>
      <value>jdbc:derby:;databaseName=/<local dir>/metastore_db;create=true</value>
      <description>JDBC connect string for a JDBC metastore</description>
    </property>
     
    <property>
      <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name>
      <value>org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver</value>
      <description>Driver class name for a JDBC metastore</description>
    </property>
  5. To enable the Hive Metastore service to share a MySQL database, add the following property blocks to the hive-site.xml file:
    <property>
      <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionURL</name>
      <value>jdbc:mysql://<ip_address>:3306/hive_11?createDatabaseIfNotExist=true</value>
    </property>
     
    <property>
      <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionDriverName</name>
      <value>com.mysql.jdbc.Driver</value>
    </property>
     
    <property>
      <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionUserName</name>
      <value><UserName></value>
      <description>Substitute the actual username</description>
    </property>
     
    <property>
      <name>javax.jdo.option.ConnectionPassword</name>
      <value><Password></value>
      <description>Substitute the actual password</description>
    </property>