This tab covers Hive and HCatalog settings. Here you can set properties for the Hive Metastore and database and related options. Click the name of the group to expand and collapse the display.
Table 3.10. Hive/HCat Settings: Hive Metastore
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
Hive Metastore host | The host that has been assigned to run the Hive Metastore |
Hive Database | Check New MySQL Database to have Ambari create one for you or Existing MySQL Database to use an existing instance. |
Database Type | MySQL is pre-populated |
Database host | The FQDN of the host that has been assigned to run the database |
Database name | The name for the database. Can be any legal name. |
| Database user | The username used to connect to the database |
Database password | The password for accessing the Hive/HCatalog Metastore. This is a required property. You must type it in twice. |
Table 3.11. Hive/HCat Settings: Advanced Settings
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
Hive PID dir | Directory for Hive process PID files |
WebHCat log dir | Directory for WebHCat log files |
WebHCat PID dir | Directory for WebHCat process PID files |
hive.metastore.local | Whether to connect to remove a metastore server or open a new metastore server in the Hive Client JVM |
javax.jdo.option. ConnectionDriverName | Driver class name for a JDBC metastore |
| hive.metastore.warehouse.dir | The location of the default database for the warehouse |
hive.metastore.cache.pinobjtypes | Comma separated list of metastore object types that should be pinned in the cache |
| hive.semantic.analyzer.factory.impl | Which Semantic Analyzer Factory implementation class is used by CLI |
| hadoop.clientside.fs.operations | If FS operations are owned by the client |
| hive.metastore.client.socket.timeout | Metastore client socket timeout in seconds |
| hive.metastore.execute.setugi | 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 : this property must be set on both the client and server sides. This is a best
effort property. If client is set to true and server is set to false, the client setting is
ignored. |
| hive.security.authorization.enabled | Whether hive client authorization is enabled |
| hive.security.authorization.manager | The class name of the hive client authorization manager. A user defined authorization class
should implement the org.apache.hadoop.hive.
ql.security.authorization.
HiveAuthorizationProvider interface |
| hive.server2.enable.doAs | |
| hive.hdfs.impl.disable.cache | |
| Custom Hive Configs | Use this text box to enter values for hive-site.xml properties not exposed by the UI. Enter in "key=value" format, with a newline as a delimiter between pairs. |
